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July 2019

July 01, 2019

Pius XI, Komminnissist

Here's some emphatically non-Libertarian stuff from Casti Connubii: 120. If, however, for this purpose, private...

June 2019

June 29, 2019

So this is pretty amazing…

It leaves out a tiny bit of detail, but it actually does a pretty good...

June 28, 2019

How Monks Helped Invent Sign Language

Deacon Steven Greydanus alerted me to this interesting piece in National Geographic. Dom Pedro Ponce...

June 27, 2019

Heartwarming stories

I'm ambivalent about a lot of heartwarming stories. No. Not the one that read "High...

June 26, 2019

A reader struggles with scruples about remote material cooperation with evil

The reader writes: I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if you could...

June 25, 2019

A reader has a question about the notion of “penal substitutionary atonement”

He writes: I just read your article “Taking apart the false theory of penal substitutionary...

June 24, 2019

Simcha Fisher on Catholic and Enjoying It! tonight!

Catholic and Enjoying It will be on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10...

June 24, 2019

A non-Catholic reader struggles with scandal in the Church

They write: Mr.Shea, I want to start by saying the I appreciate your writings, especially...

June 22, 2019

Being as How It’s Around Graduation Time…

...being as how I enjoyed Neil Gaiman's Good Omens and really enjoyed his response to...

June 21, 2019

The Narcissist Hijack

When we think of ugly and unpopular social sins, we usually think of people who...

June 20, 2019

Abortion Defenses Hoist on Their Own Petard

Dear Abortion Supporters: When you spend decades repeating the mantra "blob of tissue" and somebody...

June 19, 2019

On the Canonization of Anna Kolaserova and the concept of a “martyr for purity”

News item from last summer that just washed up in my feed: OXFORD, England -...

June 18, 2019

Abortion: Realpolitik, Kulturkampf, and Evangelization

My friend John Medaille chews over what a really consistent prolife ethos means: Hence the...

June 17, 2019

Hilarious Israeli Magician…

...is very Chestertonian. He would have loved the whole concept of finding magic in everyday...

June 17, 2019

Don’t forget to listen to my new radio show this evening!

Catholic and Enjoying It will be on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10...

June 15, 2019

Hey! Imma be on the air on Radio Maria starting Monday June 17!

Catholic and Enjoying It will be on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10...

June 14, 2019

What Real Religious Persecution Looks Like

The trial of Scott Warren ended in a hung jury. For those not following the...

June 13, 2019

On the necessity of the Priesthood to the apostolic Church

So the other day, on Facebook, I praised Dawn Eden Goldstein for her fine piece...

June 12, 2019

Shun false prophets who use private revelations to make war on the Magisterium

For as long as I have been Catholic (and of course the phenomenon is much...

June 11, 2019

Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty

I get mysteriously signed up for a lot of spam mail from various orgs who...

June 10, 2019

The excellent Where Peter Is on the Grace and Mercy of God

Daniel Amiri writes: What is grace, and how exactly does grace “work”? I don’t want...

June 08, 2019

Carl Sandburg Reads One of His Stories from the Rootabaga Country

If you've never had a chance to read (or better yet, hear Carl Sandburg read)...

June 07, 2019

Christian Witness vs. Christianist Culture War

So the other day, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who gets a load of death threats and hate...

June 06, 2019

One of the remarkable things about prayer

...is that we can still pray this prayer for the men who went into battle...

June 05, 2019

Catholic Ladders

Amy Welborn found this cool thing about the rise and fall of Catholic Ladder, of...

June 04, 2019

Infiltration is, thankfully, taking a huge beating in the reviews

Strike the shepherd, says our Lord, and the sheep will be scattered. In times when...

June 03, 2019

Socialism for the Rich

John Steinbeck had us pegged decades ago: "Except for the field organizers of strikes, who...

June 01, 2019

The Awesomeness of Human Invention

May 2019

May 31, 2019

I’ve been noodling the Transfiguration lately

The story, interestingly, is told a couple of times in the liturgical calendar, once on...

May 30, 2019

Ascension

Here's a little taste of the Creed book I'm working on: The Resurrection appearances of...

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