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May 2019

May 29, 2019

Some biblical reflection inspired by a great Muslim man

And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking...

May 28, 2019

Three Children Shot in the Head by Cops

...is a perfectly typical headline from 2019 America. So typical that it will be forgotten...

May 27, 2019

Memorial Day

...is for honoring those who have fallen in defense of their country. "Country" is a...

May 25, 2019

That feeling of dread…

"I'm not a racist, but..." is another shoe I hate having to wait to drop....

May 24, 2019

And who can blame him?

Here is a photo and comment that washed up in my Facebook feed: Sean Carter:...

May 23, 2019

Headed for our Hidden Island Redoubt

...and will be back on Tuesday. But fear not! I've loaded stuff in the hopper...

May 22, 2019

A follow-up to yesterday’s post: On Neo-Pelagianism

Yesterday in this space, I discussed the failure of conservative Catholics in our engagement with...

May 21, 2019

On gays in the Church

One of the things I most regret as a Catholic writer is the aid and...

May 20, 2019

A smart take on the polarization of the American Catholic Church

from Robert G. Christian III With the rise of Donald Trump, however, populist nationalism—another ideology...

May 18, 2019

Saturday is a Good Day to Learn Some Dinosaur Science

I have always loved paleontology. Learning to think in terms of Deep Time keeps you...

May 18, 2019

Good Morning! It’s Day 6 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle!

We're in the Home Stretch of the Tin Cup Rattle, something I have not needed...

May 17, 2019

Right now is the Greatest Persecution the Church has Suffered in its History

Newsweek is covering it. So is the BBC. The New Yorker is on it too. ...

May 17, 2019

Day 5 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle

You've grown accustomed to my blog It always makes your day begin You've grown accustomed...

May 16, 2019

Taking apart the false theory of penal substitutionary atonement

I read this on Good Friday and loved it, It's called "If atonement ain't penal,...

May 16, 2019

Day 4 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle

Greetings and thank you so much for your generosity to us Sheas. I won't take...

May 15, 2019

A short history of American Catholic Dissent

30 years ago, libs turned to folks like Fr. Richard McBrien, Rosemary Radford Reuther, and...

May 15, 2019

Good Morning! It’s Day 3 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle

In the past couple days, you got to discuss stuff you can't hardly discuss anywhere...

May 14, 2019

The Problem with the Libertarian View of Universal Health Care

...is perfectly illustrated by the testimony of this dying man to Congress that GoFundMe is...

May 14, 2019

It’s Day 2 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle

It's been years since I've had to do this and I would not ask if...

May 13, 2019

Day 1 of the CAEI Tin Cup Rattle

It's been years since I've had to do this, and hopefully it will be years...

May 13, 2019

A Reader Has an Interesting Poser About the Morality of Security Work

They write: In the past, you've written a lot about lying, specifically exploring edge cases,...

May 11, 2019

Jean Vanier, Ora Pro Nobis

One of the greatest Catholics, as well as one of the greatest human beings of...

May 10, 2019

Profound and Heart-Breaking

May 09, 2019

Where Peter Is on the Francis-Hating Sect’s Push for Schism

One of the weird patterns Francis-hating (and Trump-adoring) conservatism (particularly inside, but also outside the...

May 08, 2019

Mission Creep

So the other day, Facebook kicked a bunch of kooks out. Most of them were...

May 07, 2019

When Priests Attack

So last week, Jimmy Akin offered a typically lucid critique of the absurd letter charging...

May 06, 2019

A Reader Objects to my Discussion of Prudential Judgment

He quotes this passage from my recent piece on Prudence and Climate Change: And whenever...

May 04, 2019

I think I need to repent and apologize

So a few weeks back, I discussed this rather striking moment in my prayer life...

May 03, 2019

Jimmy Akin performs the autopsy on the charges of heresy against the Holy Father

You can read the whole thing here (which is well worth doing since Jimmy's trademark...

May 02, 2019

Jimmy Akin on the absurd charge of heresy against Francis

Go to the 50 minute mark or so. Well done, Jimmy. This absurd letter is...

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