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March 2020

March 11, 2020

Prayer Wednesday : A reader struggles with scruples about Netflix

Prayer is about the conversation of the soul with God, and that often includes wrestling...

February 2020

February 24, 2020

A good conversation with a reader

He writes: Hey Mark, You may or may not remember me by my name, and...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

A Reader Tries to Square the MAGA/100% Catholic Circle, Part 3 of 3

We are now up to Email #7, in which my readers shifts again, this time...

January 28, 2020

A Reader Tries to Square the MAGA/100% Catholic Circle, Part 2 of 3

We continue from yesterday with Email #4, in which my reader simply lies to deny...

January 27, 2020

A Reader Tries to Square the MAGA/100% Catholic Circle, Part 1 of 3

A reader writes: Hey Mark: I Am a cradle to grave devout Roman Catholic. I...

December 2019

December 17, 2019

Talking with an atheist friend about justice

So a while back, I read yet another horrifying article about the monstrous--and intensely beloved...

December 12, 2019

A reader writes about our bizarre medical system for punishing the sick

Sez he: People are being arrested and put in jail in relation to private medical...

December 11, 2019

A reader writes to ponder the work of Pope Francis

Sez he: So, I was thinking the other day about Pope Francis and his relationship...

December 06, 2019

One of my favorite priests is Fr. Jerome Cudden, OP

He used to be on staff at my parish, Blessed Sacrament, in Seattle and was...

December 03, 2019

A friend writes from New Zealand

concerning the cultural changes he is seeing there: Yesterday, our Parliament passed a euthanasia bill...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

The People Freaking Out About “Overturning Tradition” in Calling for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

...seem to me to be utterly oblivious to the Church's development of doctrine with respect...

November 05, 2019

A Kindly Traditionalist Writes Me

Sez he: I'm nine years a convert to the Catholic Faith, three years a 'tradvert',...

September 2019

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,...

August 2019

August 21, 2019

An Actual Real Professional Catholic Ethicist Writes to Reassure Me

He writes: Thank you so much for your recent post about the moral principle of...

August 19, 2019

The reader from Friday writes back

They say: Thank you for getting back to me with this reply. Although I appreciate...

August 16, 2019

A reader puzzles over criticism of the Pope/hierarchy

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

August 14, 2019

A reader writes to ponder mortal and venial sin

She writes: I know you are busy, and there is no need to reply to...

August 12, 2019

A reader has questions about cultural liberalism in the Age of Trump

He writes: I’ve had a question that I’ve been struggling with that I wanted to...

July 2019

July 12, 2019

So Don Johnson, the maker of Convinced wrote me

Convinced, in case you have not heard of it, is a film profiling a bunch...

June 2019

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

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...

May 2019

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 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...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

A Reader Ponders Becoming Orthodox

They write: I'm thinking of actually converting to orthodox. My dad was. I've been reading...

April 16, 2019

Talking with a Friend Who Fears Francis

Please forgive me if the capitalization in this post is hinky. My keyboard is on...

April 11, 2019

A reader has a question about Mary and Eve

He writes: I have a few questions and thought you might be able to point...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

An interesting conversation with a reader about unity

He writes I believe that God really wants all of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox to...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

A reader asks why I’m so much harder on “pro-life” Christians

He writes: I just wish you would focus on the life issue at hand, instead...

November 2018

November 13, 2018

The National Catholic Reporter is simply right

So when the Right Wing Noise Machine (Catholic edition) has been so wrong about so...

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