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2026-09-22T13:13:46-05:00

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Is a ‘Catholic Lifestyle’ a Real Thing?

Last updated on: September 22, 2026 at 1:13 pm By Jennifer Fitz

What are we to think when a Catholic personality turns lifestyle guru? Is there a specific way that Catholics dress, or decorate, or fill their free time? Today I want to build on some important ideas W. Tyler Allen presents in his essay “Troubling Trends from Catholic Influencers”: Many post fashion advice, but mask it as “Christian modesty tips”, or they promote “lifestyle advice for men”, but frame it as “a return to traditional Catholic masculinity”. I see mere dating advice sold to you... Read more

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2026-07-31T21:50:22-05:00

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AI Detection and the Sin of Slander

Last updated on: July 31, 2026 at 9:50 pm By Jennifer Fitz

In today’s publishing news, author Jerry Falade had a massive ($2 million massive) publishing deal canceled over accusations he used AI in writing his novel. The author is denying it, and offered evidence he wrote the work himself. The whole story is a cautionary tale about the sins of rash judgment and calumny—what we commonly call slander. Unfortunately, the situation isn’t a simple one to resolve. AI is a Plagiarism Machine The stakes are high in the publishing world because of how... Read more

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2026-06-09T14:30:24-05:00

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10 Catholic Finds at the Pride Festival

Last updated on: June 9, 2026 at 2:30 pm By Jennifer Fitz

So I found myself wandering a Pride-themed festival this month, a gathering not exactly known as a hotbed of fervent Catholicism. I had no particular goal, so I did the thing that I enjoy doing, which is talking to people who have come for the purpose of talking to me (and everyone else), and finding out what they had to say. Challenge: What do I, a catechism-believing Catholic, have in common with the people who’ve bought booth space at the... Read more

2026-01-28T16:59:44-05:00

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Your Life Is Worthwhile

Last updated on: January 28, 2026 at 4:59 pm By Jennifer Fitz

Story time. Earlier this year I put out a prayer request for a thing that was purely for fun. Because I like to have fun. That was the sole stated reason. Any side benefits could be had some other way. Why pretend at nobler motivations? Fact check: Prayer answered. Double fact check: Prayer over-answered. After I got home from doing the fun thing I had in mind, my child called me up and invited me to join her on a work... Read more

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2025-12-15T16:33:49-05:00

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How Catholic is Wake Up Dead Man?

Last updated on: December 15, 2025 at 4:33 pm By Jennifer Fitz

[No Spoilers] Last night I watched Wake Up Dead Man, the latest in the Knives Out series. Two of the leading characters are Catholic priests, and the murder takes place in their parish. Furthermore, the plot is 100% centered around questions of faith — it’s not a generic mystery with Catholic-flavor settings, it’s a mystery that is built around Catholicism. So viewers should reasonably wonder: How well did the film do on its portrayal of the Catholic faith? UPDATE: Here’s a... Read more

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2025-09-17T18:33:52-05:00

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Does Location Tracking Make Your Children Safer?

Last updated on: September 17, 2025 at 6:33 pm By Jennifer Fitz

As a young adult, my sister was stalked by a serial rapist. Her husband worked nights, and her stalker figured out her husband’s work schedule and broke in through their bedroom window in the middle of the night when he knew she would be alone. What saved her was the only tool that actually works, every time, in such a scenario: She just happened to be someplace else. A cellphone, had they been invented back then, would not have helped.... Read more

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2025-07-26T13:05:18-05:00

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How to Beat Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder

Last updated on: July 26, 2025 at 1:05 pm By Jennifer Fitz

At The Atlantic, “American Summers are Starting to Feel Like Winter” reports with alarm and befuddlement on the summer variant of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Understandable, if you are new to the thing. I am not new to the thing. I am, however, grateful it is finally getting on the public health radar, because summer-depression is just as disabling as the winter version, and needs to be treated just as aggressively. What follows isn’t medical advice, just some common sense ways... Read more

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2025-07-10T15:54:44-05:00

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When Your Clergy Just Don’t Give A Crap

Last updated on: July 10, 2025 at 3:54 pm By Jennifer Fitz

This week’s topic is brought to us by the archbishop of Toulouse, France, who has just promoted a convicted rapist to archdiocesan chancellor. One of the best things I ever did was follow a bunch of normal-person priests on social media, so that when bishops pull despicable stunts like this, I can immediately see the horrified reactions from decent guys who love Jesus and just want to serve their parishes. It’s consoling. I want to look at this topic in... Read more

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2025-06-22T15:17:08-05:00

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Why MAiD Is An Elitist Insult

Last updated on: June 22, 2025 at 3:17 pm By Jennifer Fitz

This week it struck me just how deeply offensive is the term “Medical Aid in Dying” (MAiD) as a euphemism for assisted suicide. Thursday evening I sat with my husband’s grandmother, praying silently beside her as she lay sleeping, her face beautiful as ever in the golden evening sunlight in her wood-paneled den. She would die a few hours later. It would happen at home, cared for by her family, just as she had wanted. She died about six months... Read more

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2025-06-10T11:03:02-05:00

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Medical Gaslighting and Assisted Suicide

Last updated on: June 10, 2025 at 11:03 am By Jennifer Fitz

I have a playlist called “Medical Gaslighting” that is for unwinding after particularly stupid doctors’ appointments. In 2021 when my brain went mostly-AWOL for a few months, we didn’t even bother going to the doctor — the spouse and I went straight to planning for end-of-life. Why would we do this? Because we had long experience that going to the doctor was unlikely to help, and I already had the list of things that had been useful in the past,... Read more

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