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December 2014

December 09, 2014

Dearest Pope Francis . . . Snap Out of It!

I love you dearly, Holy Father. But there's no denying you're overdue for an earful---a...

August 2014

August 03, 2014

Don’t Judge a Bishop by His Residence (or the Pope’s)

I love Pope Francis. I don't love when the world---(including more than a few Catholics)---uses...

December 2013

December 17, 2013

O Wisdom! Pile on the Prudence, Please!

Tonight they begin, the seven prophetic antiphons chanted before and after the Magnificat at Vespers....

October 2013

October 01, 2013

You Can Lead a Beggar to Bread: Pope Francis on Evangelization & Proselytism

It's Tuesday, and Pope Francis is smacking gobs again. We're still waiting for a...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Oh, Lord, Come by Here!: Letting Our Longings Out

No matter how you spin it, the papal interview published last Thursday has prompted...

September 20, 2013

The Parable of the Papal Interview

Hear this! A pope went out to give an interview. And as he talked, some of...

September 12, 2013

Hey, Who You Callin’ Egregious?: More on a Blog Name

In which Pope Francis gives me an inadvertent shout-out, and I get schooled in the...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Quick, Martha, Your Girdle! Slaying the Beast of Internet Ordure

What with so many heads 'splodin' in so many directions this morning---see this wise,...

July 27, 2013

Fine Print on the Invitation: Who Is Welcome at the Table of the Lord?

I am confused. This will probably seem disingenuous, or a violation of my fast...

June 2013

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...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

Oh, Mercy, Mercy Me, Still

From last year, slightly updated, my tangled relationship with the Divine Mercy devotion: Oh the...

March 2013

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...