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June 2013

June 28, 2013

In “That Uncomfortable Silence,” Let Love Grow

I haven't blogged since Wednesday. Struggling too much with what to say and how...

June 26, 2013

“Consistent with prevailing public opinion”: The Feds and Marriage, Utah Style

In sorting the tangled threads of response to today's Court decisions on marriage and...

June 26, 2013

Keep Calm and Catholic On

There will be lots of heat burning up the interwebz regarding today's SCOTUS decisions...

June 25, 2013

Anti-Catholic Presidential Remarks of the Month: And the Award Goes To . . .

. . . not Barack Obama---though of course there are 5 more days in...

June 24, 2013

The Hope of Zechariah: Freedom Beyond a Fortnight

The longing for religious freedom is as old as religion. On this Solemnity of...

June 01, 2013

Five for Joy: June Gloom, Love Decoded, and Other Saturday Mysteries

On the always sage advice of The Anchoress that the best way to recover...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

iDolatry? There’s an App for That!

Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life by Elizabeth Scalia Ave Maria Press, 2013...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

“The whole earth is our hospital”: Good Friday in Painting and Poetry

Some reflections on the Passion in art and poetry, from last year's Good Friday post....

March 28, 2013

Muslims & Convicts & Girls’ Toes, Oh My!

Stop it. Stop it right this minute. Stop looking at the coverage of Pope Francis's...

March 27, 2013

“Something to Love, Something to Be Bugged By”: Pummeled by The Anchoress

I didn't sleep last night, playing out my crankiness over the Pope Wars in mental...

March 22, 2013

When It Comes to Popes, I’m on Team Jesus

I hate choosing sides. It might be the Libra in me, or the hoarder's...

March 21, 2013

Pope Francis: Intervention for a Hoarder Church

I got my wish. Last week, the conclave elected as a successor to St...

March 13, 2013

Salus Populi Romani—A New Pope Goes Home to Mamma: UPDATED

Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, you've just been elected pope. What're you going to do...

March 02, 2013

A Clock Set to Eternity: Why It’s Never ‘Time’ for the Church to Do Something

What time is it? For Catholics, it's always eternity. My Patheos Catholic Channel colleague...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Your Average Joe, with a Twist: Betting on a Pope

I'm pretty good at handicapping the ponies (Pete McPortland's daughter could hardly be anything less),...

February 17, 2013

The Dowager Pope and the (Very) Fallible Media

Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhh. How long can stupid go on? The renunciation of the papacy by Pope...

February 12, 2013

Breaching a Contract, Breaking Faith: Religious Freedom in Cincinnati

We're used to thinking of religious freedom as an individual right---my freedom of conscience...

February 12, 2013

It’s a Wonderful Mardi Gras, Encore

Reposting from last year, because it's as true as ever. Our own celebrations might be...

February 11, 2013

That Papal Lightning Strike? It’s a GOOD Thing

There's been quite a bit of buzz about this photograph of lightning striking the...

February 11, 2013

Strength of Mind and Body: Praying for the Pope, the Church, the World

My eyes popped open at 3:01 am PST, the TV still on the overnight...

February 04, 2013

Our Left Foot: Downton Abbey & Anti-Catholic Snobbery

Not a few American Catholic fans of Downton Abbey were taken aback by a...

February 01, 2013

Dear Cardinal Mahony, Please Stop

As events in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles continue to unfold, Deacon Greg Kandra brings...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

“They Failed”: Thank You, Archbishop Gomez

Tonight, Archbishop Jose Gomez broke his silence on the recently released documents concerning efforts by...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Songs of Innocents and Expedience–UPDATED

Remembering the Slaughter of the Innocents means mourning them all . . . or none...

December 21, 2012

It’s Always Apocalypse, Now

One more midnight gone, but for Christians---especially in Advent---we live always in the end-times. And...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

‘VAGINAS WIN! VAGINAS WIN!’: Reductio ad Lady Parts

My lady parts, what's left of 'em, are feeling mighty marginalized this morning, after waking...

November 05, 2012

I’m That Guy: The Gunpowder of Being Catholic in Public

On the eve of a contentious election, pondering the explosive nexus of faith and politics....

October 2012

October 23, 2012

After Us, the Deluge: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

A month ago, we were in Lourdes under a blazing sun, cooling ourselves with...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

The Dance of the Cross and the Crescent: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Our bags are . . . well, not actually packed yet, but close. We're ....

August 2012

August 22, 2012

The Myth of the Femuncula

Listening to MSNBC, Planned Parenthood, and other devout partisans of the new American sacrament of...