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November 2019

November 18, 2019

REJOICE–THE MASTER EVANGELIST BECOMES BLESSED FULTON SHEEN

What a great day December 21, 2019 will be! Pope Francis has declared that Bishop...

November 16, 2019

Pope Francis–Don’t Be A Litterbug!

Pope Francis Wants to Include Ecological Sins in Catechism At an international conference of...

November 14, 2019

Ham-Handed Bishop McElroy–No Friend Of Pope Francis

A Dissonant Melody In The Catholic Pro-Life Symphony At the USCCB meeting of the US...

November 09, 2019

Francis: The Pope We Need

The RadTrad Heresy grows exponentially with its Jansenistic emphasis on the pernicious nature of the...

October 2019

October 06, 2019

Amazon Synod–End Of Church?

Amazon Synod Portends Change For Church Well, here we go. The long awaited Amazon Synod...

September 2019

September 22, 2019

THE RAD TRAD HERESY: RESISTING TRUTH

A Heresy For Our Times Once, it was just grumpy alt-right conservatives complaining about the...

September 18, 2019

BLESS ME FICUS FOR I HAVE SINNED

Talking to plants has been in thing for years. Praying to plants is kind of...

September 04, 2019

MAKING PEACE WITH POTTER

Don't Worry About Harry Harried a bit by the evil in the world? Make peace...

August 2019

August 26, 2019

THIS IS THE DOG THAT NEVER ENDS

“No one should have a soul so dead, that he does not wish to see...

August 17, 2019

JESUIT ACTOR IN “EXORCIST” MOVIE ACCUSED OF ABUSE

Morally Compromised NY Governor and Legislature Destroy Reputations There has been no investigation, yet. There...

August 14, 2019

CATHOLIC BELIEF IN EUCHARIST HASN’T CHANGED IN A QUARTER CENTURY

Recently, my friend Bishop Robert Barron let his righteous anger fly on his blog...

August 13, 2019

NARNIA TOPS WITH READERS AGAIN

A British survey earlier this month showed people picking C. S. Lewis' THE LION, THE...

August 09, 2019

VIOLENT AMERICA–THE REASON

TIME FOR A LITTLE REALITY: EL PASO SHOOTER---WHITE SUPREMACIST DAYTON SHOOTER---LIBERAL SOCIALIST CHICAGO SHOOTERS---ANGRY...

August 06, 2019

CHRISTIANITY NEARLY EXTINCT IN IRAQ

Few Christians in the West, know that Christianity in Iraq and much of the Middle...

August 04, 2019

CHESTERTON—NOT MEDIOCRE ENOUGH TO BE BRITISH SAINT

Bishop's Letter of Rejection Bishop Peter Doyle from the United Kingdom Diocese Of Northampton has...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

RACISM OR TRUTH IN BALTIMORE?

Baltimore ecumenical leaders including Archbishop Lori, responded to President Trump’s tweets on the rat...

July 22, 2019

ST. MARY MAGDALENE–ENIGMA, HERO, APOSTLE

Let's get holy. On this Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, a look at this extraordinary...

July 19, 2019

BISHOPS EMBRACING SLOTH–MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS PART THREE

Becoming CEOs of the institution and ceding the Church to lawyers rather than to...

July 01, 2019

ST. JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN–TO BE CANONIZED ON OCTOBER 13

If you don’t know this man you should. He is one of the most famous...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN–HOMEWARD BOUND

HOMEWARD BOUND If you find it’s me you're missing If you’re hoping I’ll return To...

June 24, 2019

SHEPHERDS THROWING PRIESTS TO THE WOLVES–MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS PART TWO

So they lawyered up. That was the first mistake the bishops made in the sex...

June 19, 2019

BROADWAY SONG BECOMES HONG KONG ANTHEM

A Broadway song has unexpectedly taken a prominent place in the real life fight for...

June 17, 2019

NEW AGE AMAZON SYNOD DOCUMENT PORTENDS DISASTER

Anybody remember the BILLY JACK movies from the early 1970's? As a teen-ager, I just...

June 15, 2019

MISTAKES OF THE BISHOPS–PART ONE

The U.S. Bishops had an unimpressive week at their biannual meeting. That means this first...

June 15, 2019

NO HARD HAT BIRETTAS–THE CHURCH HAS FAILED AGAIN!

NO HARD HAT BIRETTAS? THE CHURCH HAS LET US DOWN AGAIN. Picture from the Daily...

June 10, 2019

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS CARDINAL BURKE DOING?

What in the world is Cardinal Burke doing? What can he and his compatriots be...

June 09, 2019

SUMMER OF SCANDAL II–IN HELL WE’LL BE IN GOOD COMPANY

Great bluegrass song out called "In Hell I'll Be In Good Company." By...

June 06, 2019

D-DAY: THE FADING GLORY OF VALOR

On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the governmental elites, the ordinary folks, and most especially...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

SINNERS WHO DO GREAT THINGS

And no one lived happily ever after. That's what I got out of eight seasons...

May 20, 2019

WELCOME TO THIN PLACES

Welcome to the newest Catholic blog on Patheos. It's called "Thin Places". My name is...

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