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April 2014

April 28, 2014

11 Confused Thoughts On Married Priests

Since I seem to have a predilection for controversial topics, and for no particular reason...

April 27, 2014

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Some Thoughts On Communion And Divorced-Remarried

Today is not only the canonization of two Popes, it's also Divine Mercy Sunday. Prompted...

April 25, 2014

The Problem When Christians Talk About Human Rights

Don't get me wrong. I believe in Modernity. I believe, when properly understood, it is...

April 25, 2014

Simone Weil On “The Patriotism Of The Church”

Simone Weil was a French Jewish Christian mystic and philosopher. This is an extract (translated...

April 24, 2014

Towards A Catholic Economic Anthropology (2) : Man As Economic Co-Creator

A good, properly Catholic theology of the economy must start with a good anthropology. A...

April 23, 2014

Stop Comparing The Communion Line With The Confession Line

A story: much of my family is Traditionalist Catholic. One of the many things Trads...

April 18, 2014

Good Friday

Lord, we adore Thee and we bless Thee, because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast...

April 17, 2014

Holy Thursday

God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob God of Fire You who are...

April 16, 2014

Zosima Zosima Zosima

I know you're not going to believe this, but The Brothers Karamazov is, like, a...

April 15, 2014

This Holy Week, I’m Praying For Christian Unity. And I Need Your Help.

My good friend Alan Jacobs has been a bit miffed lately at all the grief...

April 15, 2014

Why Faithful Catholic Priests Should Be Good Lutherans

Let's talk about a big problem, guys. Let's talk about Pelagianism. Pelagianism is the doctrine...

April 14, 2014

A Ministry Of Food

(Note: I wanted to publish this last Friday, the last Friday of Lent, but, well,...

April 13, 2014

Short Meditation on Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday might be one of the moments of the year when that peculiar lingering...

April 11, 2014

For Honest Ecumenism

When I was growing up, with the exception of some family and some priests, the...

April 10, 2014

New Distributism 5 — Towards A Catholic Economic Anthropology (1) : Markets And Original Sin

I am writing a series of columns on Catholic social doctrine. Here’s all of them. –...

April 10, 2014

“Mawwy!”

You can never start too early with catechism. And you can never speak too intelligently...

April 09, 2014

The Law Of The Impossible-Necessary Slope

My friend Rod Dreher coined the Law of Merited Impossibility, which governs the discourse...

April 07, 2014

Inoculated

Y'all know I'm a big fan of Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in New...

April 05, 2014

On The Catholic School-Thing Freakout

I didn't want to write about this whole froofra (more controversy! yay!), but I'm procrastinating...

April 04, 2014

Two Things That Happened Yesterday

If you follow either religion/social issues news or tech industry news, you will have almost...

April 03, 2014

New Distributism 4 — Why The Church Needs A Prophetic Economic Voice

I am writing a series of columns on Catholic social doctrine. Here’s all of them. –...

April 03, 2014

Everything In The Gospels Is About The Mass

I'm a very very beginning exegete, and the sort of Exegesis 101 rule for the...

April 02, 2014

Some Points About Homophobia And The Church

I wrote a post this week that made the following points: The Magisterium of the...

April 01, 2014

New Distributism 3 — Suggestions For A Praxis For The Church’s Social Doctrine

I am writing a series of columns on Catholic social doctrine. Here’s all of them. (Note:...

April 01, 2014

“Nostra Aetate” Is Latin For “Great Artists Steal”

The Vatican II document Nostra Aetate is primarily remembered as being addressed to the Jews,...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

The Church Must Speak With One Strong Voice Against Homophobia

"Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or...

March 31, 2014

Protestantism And A Human Understanding Of Time

Sorry for being a little polemical but if y'all know me y'all know I can't...

March 28, 2014

“You Cannot Steal Sheep If The Shepherd Is Doing His Job”

For some reason, I happened upon this PBS segment on Episcopalians joining the Catholic Church....

March 27, 2014

New Distributism 2 — Mistakes To Avoid For Theologians Talking About Economics

I am writing a series of columns on Catholic social doctrine. Here's all of them....

March 27, 2014

Fasting As Poetry

I'm Catholic. I'm French. It won't surprise you that food and drink have a big...

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