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June 23, 2015

Laudato Si on the Cruelty of the Idolator to the Idol

The bishops of Brazil have pointed out that nature as a whole not only manifests...

June 23, 2015

Laudato Si on why atheist materialists blunder…

...in assuming that evolution reduces us to unusually clever hunks of meat: Human beings, even if...

June 23, 2015

Laudato Si Thomist/Evolutionist Shout Out

Yet God, who wishes to work with us and who counts on our cooperation, can...

June 22, 2015

Does God Kill Souls?

A reader writes: My question relates to Scripture where it says we r to not...

June 20, 2015

Does God Really Love *You*?

A reader writes: I have a genuine theological question and I was hoping someone here...

June 16, 2015

A few speculations about the encyclical

“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are...

June 13, 2015

Funniest Thing I’ve Seen This Month

I have no idea who made this, but it is screamingly funny: I'd love to...

June 05, 2015

Priests, Spiritual Fatherhood, and a Bible Only Protestant

A reader writes: Several months ago, you kindly helped me answer a question a Protestant...

June 05, 2015

Zealot for the Culture of Death Frets…

...that TV is just not doing enough to promote baby-killing in comparison with all the...

June 05, 2015

Pushback Against the Anti-Abortion-But-Not-Prolife Mentality

There have been a number of pre-emptive strikes against Francis and his imminent encyclical. So......

June 04, 2015

Transgender Newspeak

"The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and...

June 03, 2015

The Catholic Faith has a Great Empathy for Pagans, But Not Paganism

As Chesterton once remarked, "Paganism was the biggest thing in the world. Christianity was bigger....

June 03, 2015

False Prophets of Mammon, the Real Non-Negotiables, and the Real Politics of Envy

To begin with: Why can't our rising generation do this anymore?: The result is what...

June 02, 2015

The 20th Century was about atomic power

The 21st Century will be about editing the genome: CRISPR, a new genome editing tool,...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Question about Magisterial Failures

A reader writes: I was baptized but not raised in the Church and in my...

May 20, 2015

The Incredible Thing is that This is Incredible to So Many American Catholics

Periodically, thousands of people too poor to pay their water bills get their water shut...

May 19, 2015

Why Do We Die After the Resurrection?

A reader writes: Hi Mark! I have a silly question but it’s something I’ve wondered...

May 14, 2015

Sherry Weddell’s Follow-up Remarks on the Pew Study Results

All I can say is "Amen and Amen": I have spent years listening to Catholics...

May 13, 2015

If you read nothing else, read Sherry Weddell on the new Pew Poll about the decline in Catholic numbers

here. Think of Augustine, who said, "Bad times, hard times — this what people keep...

May 13, 2015

Questions about the Betrayal by Judas

A reader writes: I've been reading the gospel narratives of the Last Supper tonight, and...

May 12, 2015

Some recommendations for basic apologetics materials

A reader writes: I wanted to drop you a note to tell you that, while...

May 08, 2015

The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Cartoonists

Tom McDonald has written a fine piece about the rank hypocrisy of those who scold...

May 06, 2015

A crie de coeur from a layperson to her priest

A reader sent along this beautiful letter she sent her priest: "Modern man listens more...

May 06, 2015

Dangerous Liaisons: On Costly Friendship

A reader sends along this fine reflection he wrote: When the great crowd of the...

May 05, 2015

Francis inspires rising tide of exorcists and exorcisms

Francis' respect for and practical belief in the reality of the demonic has allowed people...

May 04, 2015

Rich First World Narcissists receive juvenile Ego Accessorization Devices

Fear not! The devices are in mint condition per the purchase and manufacturing agreement. And...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

10,000 PEOPLE FAIL TO RIOT IN BALTIMORE!!!!

You know that feeling you have when the press overlooks the 50 zillion peaceful prolifers...

April 27, 2015

Warren Buffett and Other Rich Predators on the Poor

Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett controls a mobile-home empire that promises low-income borrowers affordable houses. But...

April 25, 2015

What I Saw in Noo Yawk

April 17: Arrived Newark on Alaska Flight 8 at 4:25 PM bearing two extremely heavy...

April 24, 2015

What Do I Say to Matt Walsh’s Declaration that Obama is Not a Christian?

A reader writes: So recently I got into an argument with some conservative Christians (Catholic...

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