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December 2016

December 19, 2016

Tom Hoopes Gets Francis

A perceptive take. This whole pontificate can only be understood in light of the words...

December 06, 2016

Pope Francis’ letter to a dying girl read aloud at her funeral

I love this man. God rest her soul through our Lord Jesus Christ.

November 2016

November 17, 2016

A particular subculture in the Church is just endlessly baffled…

...by Amoris Laetetia. What's impressive is that the same people confused by this are also...

November 16, 2016

The Partisan vs. the Pontifex

Jerry Falwell, Jr., recently photographed standing with Donald Trump in front of Trump's Playboy cover...

November 08, 2016

Pope Francis makes a few final remarks

...that are certainly not in any way directed at the American elections and one candidate...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Using a tragedy to attack the Holy Father…

...is just one of the disgusting services One Peter Five provides for those consumed with...

October 21, 2016

Seamless Garment Heretic Rejects Five Non-Negotiables

October 07, 2016

Turns out Pope is Catholic

Expresses skepticism of gender theory, defends Christian conception of marriage and sexuality because he's, you...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Benedict Hearts Francis

Yep. Love both these guys. In Benedict XVI’s own words, he sees “no breach anywhere”...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

A reader struggles with a sense of loneliness in the Church

He writes: I just came across your "honest and heartfelt exchange with a friend who...

August 04, 2016

Turns out the Pope is Catholic

Says that you don't choose your gender. Quelle surprise!

July 2016

July 01, 2016

Glenn Greenwald on the Insularity and Failure…

...of Western elites. Hillary, as a dutiful servant of the 1%, will continue that failure....

June 2016

June 28, 2016

My friend Joe Grabowski writes…

I hope this is taken in the spirit in which it is offered... The thing...

June 26, 2016

Pope Francis, in Armenia, calls Armenian Genocide, “Genocide”

I love this guy so much! My son Peter aptly described him as "inconveniently good"....

June 10, 2016

There is no special set of “non-negotiable” values…

...according to Pope Francis. Hoo boy is *this* going to cause some cow-having. But he...

June 10, 2016

Pope Raises Memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to a Feast

I love this guy so much. St. Mary Magdalene not only gets honored as the Apostle...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

All of Media History Re: the Church since 2005

With Benedict, the Right believed fantasies about him as the Great Rottweiler and the Left...

May 19, 2016

Pope has unkind words…

...for "bloodsucking" bosses and prosperity gospel crap. I love this guy so much! Turns out...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Jimmy Akin on Francis…

...on Lutherans and Communion. Jimmy is his typically lucid self. I think Francis is struggling with...

November 06, 2015

Benedict on Creation

Christopher Dodson of the North Dakota Catholic Conference writes: After reading some of the attacks...

November 05, 2015

A reader struggles with his faith

He writes: I am sorry but I simply had to reach out to a fellow...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

He actually said this! You should forward this to everybody you know!

October 23, 2015

Some Synod Sanity from Sean Salai, SJ Seems Sensible

Sean Salai, SJ, writes: Thought you might appreciate this interview between our Rome correspondent and...

October 17, 2015

Pope Francis and True Mercy

Bishop Robert Barron on the most difficult aspect of the Church's entire corpus of moral...

October 13, 2015

Six 20-somethings in D.C. will give up many comforts of modern life for a year …

...to serve the sick and the poor, a nod to the pope’s teachings.

October 05, 2015

In addition to meeting with Kim Davis privately…

...(thus proving to Lefties that Pope Francis is a traitor to all that is good...

October 05, 2015

A reader asks what I think of the Pope meeting Kim Davis

He writes: I have great respect for your opinion and have been wondering what you...

October 01, 2015

Bishop Robert Barron on…

The Pope, the Congress, and a Trappist Monk

October 01, 2015

Michael Gerson, a Thoughtful Evangelical, Looks at the Personalism of Pope Francis…

...and of the gospel: This guy gets it.

September 2015

September 30, 2015

A suggestion for R.R. Reno at First Things

Mr. Reno: Though I applaud your decision to give Maureen Mullarkey's pope-hating blog the well-deserved...

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