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October 2019

October 23, 2019

A defense of Bishop James Ussher

Ussher famously dated the moment of creation to noon on October 23, 4004 BC. Snooty...

October 22, 2019

Yesterday, we talked about meeting pro-choice people on their terms, not ours

I used the example of Bernie Sanders since his Jewish tradition has a lot of...

October 21, 2019

St. Thomas, Chesterton and the Transformation of the “Prolife” Movement into an In-Group

One of the saddest parts of the transformation of the "prolife" movement into a club...

October 19, 2019

Since it’s Saturday Morning, Cartoons are the Thing

October 18, 2019

My sincerest apologies to Stephen Herreid

He writes: On October 7th, you published a piece (here) that included an image of...

October 18, 2019

A little tip on good and bad evangelism for a Friday

So the other day I ran across a tweet from Jaden Smith on the Catholic...

October 17, 2019

I hear fairly often from victims of divorce–usually women

One of them sent me this link to a piece called "The Casserole Rules": When...

October 16, 2019

Bart Simpson and the Congenital Inability of Conservatives to Ever Take Responsibility

A while back, I posted a piece on Fr. Matthew Schneider tweeting to protest Alt-Right...

October 15, 2019

I don’t buy all of this, but….

...at least the author is trying to read Pope Francis sympathetically and not search for...

October 14, 2019

A good compendium of every lie the Gun Cult tells

What is always striking about these critiques of the Christianist antichrist lie machine is that...

October 12, 2019

The More You Know: Star Trek edition

Something educational for a Saturday morning: It is, however, my painful duty to inform you...

October 11, 2019

Weighed Down by Irony

Some time back, I saw an ad for the Flat Earth Society on Facebook which...

October 10, 2019

Msgr. Eric Barr on the Rad Trad Heresy

He seems to me to nail it: What do followers of this heresy actually believe?...

October 09, 2019

Contra Celebrity Worship and in Defense of Magisterial Tradition

Yesterday, I made the case that the problem eating the heart of American conservative Christianity...

October 08, 2019

Against the Myth of the Persecuted Contemporary American Church

Last week, we noted that Fr. Dan Reehill, terrified of he knows not what as...

October 07, 2019

A brief follow up on the dreadful new Kevin Sorbo flick and Republican Rite violence fantasies

There are certain biblical passages that white conservative Americans have so thoroughly neutered that they...

October 05, 2019

Since it’s Saturday, it’s a good day for studying the genius of Buster Keaton

Also, if you can find it (as I did at Kanopy.com) I highly recommend The...

October 04, 2019

Kevin Sorbo, King of Republican Rite Cinema, Defends the Sacred Fetish

Here's the official synopsis: Alone and vulnerable, the children’s faith and family bonds are pushed...

October 03, 2019

On Recovering the Fearlessness of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

Yesterday, I wrote of my appreciation for the Catholic intellectual tradition and what a relief...

October 02, 2019

Got Interviewed on the This Catholic Life podcast!

Here 'tis, with Yr Obdt Svt chatting about Saints and Superheroes with my chum Peter...

October 02, 2019

Another Reason I Love the Church is Her Literary Tradition

Yesterday we discussed the Catholic intellectual tradition. Another reason I was attracted to the Church...

October 01, 2019

One of the Reasons I Love the Church is Her Rich Intellectual Tradition

Catholic civilization has a storied tradition of presenting the gospel in local garb, becoming "all...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Since it’s his Feast Day…

And since I love cranky, crabby St. Jerome for showing that anybody can become a...

September 28, 2019

Because I am re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring

and because it's Saturday and because it is practically the anniversary of the arrival of...

September 28, 2019

Aquinas 101

So this looks pretty cool--and it's free! Click on the image to go sign up.

September 27, 2019

The Harmony of Amoris Laetitia and Veritatis Splendor

Over at Where Peter Is, Brian Killian has a nice piece dealing with the Right...

September 26, 2019

Prayer Request

A reader writes: Please pray for Em. tl;dr version: - DV relationship - pregnant -...

September 26, 2019

Texas Recently Murdered a Man for a Crime Experts Say He Did Not Commit

Larry Swearingen was put to death for a murder and a rape that the science...

September 25, 2019

A Canadian reader is worried about some developments and has some questions

They write: Green burial laws might not respect bodies With what is going on nowadays,...

September 24, 2019

If You are Not Against Trump, You are for Him

Stalin once remarked that one death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a...

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