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April 2021

April 01, 2021

The Tradition Of Foot Washing

On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis, following the tradition established by his predecessors, practices an act...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

The Arctic Blast In Texas: A Warning Of What Is To Come With Climate Change

We must be careful in the way we interpret particular weather events. Particular events, in...

February 01, 2021

Cooperation With Evil

While the should know better, many Catholics are incapable of engaging moral arguments because they...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

The Vatican Said We Don’t Have To Take A COVID19 Vaccine?

Due, in great part, to various bishops, priests, and laity suggesting Catholics (and others) must...

December 11, 2020

So Pro-Life, They Are Willing To Kill

Life is a sacred gift given by God. The Lord of life, God, has indicated...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

Thanks For Giving Us More COVID, SCOTUS

In a decision released late at night, the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on religious houses...

November 12, 2020

The McCarrick Report And The Judgment Of The Church

The release of the McCarrick Report has revealed what has long been believed and understood:...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Pope Francis, Politics, and Trump: Why We Must Vote Trump Out

Pope Francis, in his newest encyclical, explains how good politicians are concerned about the common...

October 15, 2020

Law, Order, and Amy Coney Barrett

Just as Jesus could say the Sabbath was made for humanity, not humanity for the...

October 08, 2020

Pray For Trump, Pray For Mercy, And Pray For Justice

When it was declared that Trump was sick with COVID19, because they have grown not...

October 05, 2020

Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, And The Death Penalty

Christians are to be guided by the principle of mercy. “Be merciful, even as your...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

This Is Not Fine: Global Warming, Wildfires, And The Need To Change Our Ways

In Australia, in the Arctic, in the Western United States (such as in California, Oregon...

August 2020

August 11, 2020

After COVID19

COVID19 has shown us the broken nature of contemporary American society. Not only do many...

July 2020

July 17, 2020

Pope Francis And The Crisis Facing American Catholics Today

Pope Francis is Pope. He continues to lead the church. The faithful need to continue...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

I Can’t Breathe: George Floyd At The Conjunction Of Racial And Environmental Injustice

“I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, in saying these words, spoke for all of us. “I...

June 11, 2020

The Pandemic, Racism, Protests, And Systematic Evil

At the Angelus on June 7, 2020, Pope Francis rejoiced in the fact that Italy...

June 02, 2020

Economics Must Serve The Common Good

Economics should serve humanity, not humanity, economics. Those with economic privilege, those who have accumulated...

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Querida Amazonia and the Desert Fathers: The Wisdom of Humility

The Sayings of the Desert Fathers often provides monastic wisdom which can and should be...

February 13, 2020

Querida Amazonia And The Mission of the Catholic Church

Lumen Gentium presented one of the most important statements of the Church offered at an...

February 04, 2020

SOTUS 2020

When talking abut the State of the Union (that is, of the United States) in...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Anti-Popes, Anti-Traditionalism, and the Current Attacks on Pope Francis

The very nature of an anti-Pope is duplicitous, because, on the one hand, it is...

January 10, 2020

The Pope Apologized

When the Pope was walking through St. Peter’s Square, a woman grabbed his arm as...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

We Must Affirm The Value of All Life

Pope Francis, in his 2019 Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia, had many words to...

December 13, 2019

What’s Up With Peter’s Pence?

In the Wall Street Journal, Francis Rocca wrote an article, suggesting that there was something...

December 03, 2019

Christians Must Fight Strongly Against Modern Antisemitism

The news is not good. Antisemitism, and that means violent antisemitism, is rising again in...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Trump, War Criminals and the Nuclear Option

Trump continues to embolden the worst elements of the United States, even as he punishes...

November 15, 2019

What is Preeminent?

Contrary to the way many people react, abortion is not one of the deadly sins....

November 14, 2019

Church of the Poor

In the ante-Nicene era, Christians and pagans both took notice of the words of Jesus...

November 07, 2019

The World Must Face the Reality Of Climate Change

In May of 2015, Pope Francis released what could be the central encyclical of his...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

The Lessons of The Season of Creation Should Stay With Us Throughout The Year

From September 1 to October 4, many churches have established a time called The Season...

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