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October 2018

October 24, 2018

Signs of Hope

Reader (and soon to be author) Stephanie Thomas writes: I live my faith by working...

October 02, 2018

A reader offers some kindly words of disagreement

He writes: Mark, I really do get where you're coming from. There's a lot that...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

A reader has a question about Arius

He writes: Mr. Shea, I have a question for you if you're willing to oblige....

September 10, 2018

A reader struggles with his faith and asks for my advice

A reader writes I'm sure you get lots of emails like this, especially these days....

August 2018

August 25, 2018

On Awful Bishops and the Retention of Faith

So the other day I posted this on the Book of Face: "I didn't come...

August 10, 2018

A reader has a question about purgatory

He writes: I've read some of your stuff and listened to your journey from Protestant...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Echoes of a Previous Panic du Jour

About a month and a half ago, a reader wrote me, but I've only had...

July 23, 2018

A reader ponders the article on the Cake Controversy

She writes: I read your noodling the cake article this morning and thought it was...

July 12, 2018

A reader writes about her struggles with solipsism

Some time back I wrote a piece for The Catholic Weekly on my youthful struggles...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

A sweet reader is struggling with her faith and writes me…

...to say: I am a committed Christian. Glad to hear it! I wasn't brought up...

June 05, 2018

A reader asks about predestination

She writes: I know many Catholics are critical of Calvinism and its doctrine predestination, but...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

A reader objects to my distinction between Christian and Christianist

He writes: I am a long time reader and follower of your blog. You're book,...

May 23, 2018

Australian Conservatives are Catching the American Party of Trump Dementia

A sane conservative Catholic writes from Oz: I have seen, of course, a great deal....

May 11, 2018

A reader asks for my take on a passage by Calvin

He writes: Hi Mr. Shea! I read your book By What Authority? awhile back and...

May 03, 2018

Mailbag: On Judging

A reader writes: I hope you are doing well, and that this past Lent and...

January 2018

January 12, 2018

The Alleged Intelligence of Trump

As a result of Trump loudly acclaiming himself a "stable genius" last week, I wound...

January 09, 2018

A discouraged reader writes asking for prayer

She sez: I need help but I don't know where to turn. I am going...

January 08, 2018

A reader is reading Salt and Light…

...and has a question about the book. Sez he: Am reading chapter 7 and have...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Talking about hatred with a reader

He writes: I'm writing something about loving (and hating) our enemies, and I wonder if...

December 04, 2017

Question on Racism

A reader writes: You've spoken eloquently on the Church's opposition to racism. One thing I'm...

December 02, 2017

A reader has a question about the primacy of the Roman Church

He writes: I'm a not-yet-Catholic (Anglican, in fact) trying to determine the truth of the...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

A reader asks me a stumper about relics and cremains

Sez he: I'd been meaning to contact you in light of your recent post about...

October 2017

October 17, 2017

Jimmy Akin, Fount of Amazing Arcana, writes me…

regarding the series I am doing on Jesus and the Canaanite Woman for the Catholic...

August 2017

August 11, 2017

A reader writes with some questions…

...and I stumble along trying to help as best I can. Sez he: I'm working...

August 10, 2017

A reader writes with some jitters…

She writes: I caught up this morning on some news about the goings-on between our...

August 03, 2017

Had an Interesting Conversation with an Old Friend from High School

He's an atheist. I'm, you know, not. What sparked it was this on Facebook: My...

August 01, 2017

Bono Has Class

Reader Gareth Peoples writes: Today is my daughter Evie Peoples' 21st birthday. Four weeks ago, I...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Trump’s Transgender Ban

A reader asks: I was curious to know whether you would be putting out a...

July 07, 2017

Reader Greg Daly writes from Across the Pond about Amoris Laetitia

Sez he: So, I’ve been thinking a lot about the dubia again, not least following Stephen Walford's...

June 2017

June 27, 2017

A reader asks for precision on Leo XIII

A reader writes: You recently posted a quote attributed to Leo XIII that "Once the...

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