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September 18, 2026

Gerwig’s Narnia Swaps C.S. Lewis for Woke Reinvention

The New Narnia Movie–The Resurrection of 'Woke' Everybody has been anxiously awaiting the new Narnia...

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Rediscovering Mary: From Spiritual Distance to Stella Maris

There's a Problem with the Virgin Mary There's a problem with the Virgin Mary. I...

June 2025

June 22, 2025

Bunker Busters Fit The Catholic Morality Test

Is It Moral To Bomb Iran? A week before the United States...

May 2025

May 10, 2025

A Church Of Surprises–Pope Leo XIV

Surprising The World With An American Pope America went bonkers. The world went wild....

April 2025

April 28, 2025

Farewell, Pope Francis, For A Little While

I remember a night long ago in college, when I was searching for why I...

February 2025

February 18, 2025

Vice-President Vance—A Catholic Leader In The Public Eye

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2025, Vice-President J. D. Vance gave a historic speech at...

October 2022

October 13, 2022

Why I Write Christian Fantasy–And What Difference It Makes

Why A Priest Writes Christian Fantasy After being inundated with the summer's new...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

The Coming of Tolkien’s, The Rings Of Power

The Coming of Tolkien's, The Rings Of Power A week from now, Amazon Prime...

July 2022

July 30, 2022

The Catastrophic Decline in Religious Faith And What To Do About It

Is That All There Is? Disaffiliation From Religion Increases Perhaps one of the least liked...

July 25, 2022

The Radical Left Is A Religion And Abortion Is Their Sacrament

The Radical Left Is A Religion Talk about unhinged. It may seem like the...

July 09, 2022

How Many Catholics Are There In The World? A Look At Where They Live

A Time Of Despair? Going on social media can be a dismal time...

June 2022

June 24, 2022

Death of Roe v. Wade–63 Million Voices Cried Out: Justice Is Served

An Unexpected Deliverance--The Death Of Roe V. Wade And so it happened, here on the...

December 2021

December 15, 2021

Where Are You Catholics?–Told You They Weren’t Coming Back

Where Are You Catholics? A little riff on a famous Christmas song: Where are...

October 2021

October 12, 2021

Johnny We Hardly Knew ‘Ye–Remembering John Denver (d. Oct. 12, 1997)

Memories I was surfing YouTube the other night, and I came across the one celebrity...

July 2021

July 17, 2021

Et Cum Spiritu NoNo–The Demise of the Traditional Latin Mass Experiment

This opinion piece will not be tactfully phrased. There have been many essays in the...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

Unsullied: Why Pope John Paul II Is Still Both Saint and Great

On the Warpath to Destroy St. John Paul the Great I can't stand hateful trolls. ...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Ridin’ With Biden–On The Road To Perdition?

Ridin' With Biden So much chatter about this that I thought I would put my...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

Plague Consequences: The Unchurching Of Catholics And What To Do About It

Pandemic Changes This is the summer of our discontent. Like a long rolling wave in...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

More Than Just A Fallen Statue–The Oppression of Tolerance

What Iconoclasm Is It's more than just a fallen statue--whichever toppled statue you wish...

June 22, 2020

Pandemic Inertia In The Church

Remember What Happened To The Church After The Black Plague The last pandemic that...

June 17, 2020

Catholics: They Are Not Coming Back…Unless…

They Are Not Coming Back They're not coming back to Mass. Let me say...

June 03, 2020

The Two-Edged Sword Of Hypocrisy–The Archbishop And The President

Two Difficult Days For Presidential Photo-Ops It was awkward, there on the public sidewalk outside...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Catholic Mass with Masks

Peek-a-boo, I see you. The Church Cautiously Re-opens. St. Rita Parish, where I am priest...

May 31, 2020

Supreme Court Punts On Pandemic Religious Restrictions

Supremes At Work Although it looks like Chief Justice Roberts muddied the waters as...

May 23, 2020

A Wonderful Dali Ascension

Hello Dali!!! Hello, Dali!!! On this Feast of the Ascension, it is worth looking...

April 2020

April 01, 2020

One Friday In Lent, The Papacy Embraced The World

As the Dark was rising, There in the dying of the light, He walked alone,...

December 2019

December 08, 2019

Sabotaging Sheen: Shepherds Suborning Sanctity

Lifting the Cloud on the Beatification Scandal Hard to believe that the cloud surrounding the...

December 05, 2019

Sheen Cause Over?

Ominous whisperings from Rome tonight concerning the beatification cause of Bishop Sheen have trickled stateside. ...

December 03, 2019

No Taking The Shine Off Sheen

UPDATE #1 12/4/19: Today it was revealed by CNA that the Bishop of Rochester, NY,...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Gay Marriage, Communion, Catholicism: When Mercy and Dogma Meet

Gay Marriage and Communion A few days ago, Fr. Scott Nolan, pastor of St. Stephen's...

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