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October 2014

October 22, 2014

Well done, Michael Voris

He apologizes for his "Pope Harming the Church" video:

October 21, 2014

Bergoglio’s List is out today

One of the funniest misfires in the wake of the election of Francis was the...

October 07, 2014

Francis is preparing an encyclical on Ecology for 2015

Yet another reason for the Greatest Catholics of All Time to wet themselves. He won't...

October 03, 2014

Pope Francis and the Charismatics

Sean Salai, SJ, at America writes: Continuing my Pope Francis theme from our interview last...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Excellent!

Francis tightens the screws on abusers and the bishops who assist them.

September 22, 2014

Eyeroll of the Day

Hysterical conservatives feel some compulsion to send me things like this: Francis is an instrument...

September 11, 2014

The Synod on the Family is Shaping Up Nicely

For months, I've been seeing bed-wetting panic from the Greatest Catholics of All Time about...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

CNN Keeps on Giving Francis…

remarkably good coverage.

August 27, 2014

When Standard and Poors is Warning about Income Inequality…

...it's okay to ignore the prattle about "class envy" from the usual apologists for Class...

August 20, 2014

Karl Keating on the Latest Insanity Emerging from the Greatest Catholics of All Time

He writes: "THAT WAY MADNESS LIES" -- King Lear In the current issue of "The...

August 18, 2014

Francis on Iraq

Here's the full text. Particularly interesting is his defusing of the "Pope calls for war!"...

August 11, 2014

Catholic.org runs false headline claiming Francis has issued call to arms in Iraq

This headline is dangerously and recklessly false: Pope Francis calls for ARMED RESPONSE to defend Christians...

August 07, 2014

Pope Denounces Usury as “Inhuman”

Whaddaya know.  Turns out it's still a sin.  That's more Traditional than most of us...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Stupid Francis-Hating Conservative Tricks

Talking Hairdo at Breitbart complains that Francis is helping kids at US border but not...

July 08, 2014

I love this guy so much!

Francis meets with abuse victims at Vatican.

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Puzzle

When people say "Francis sends a confusing message because not everybody understands him with crystal...

June 30, 2014

Apparently the End is Beginning Again

Francis is, according to kooks and reactionaries, just the worst.  I thought the End was...

June 26, 2014

Pope Sort of, but not really, Condemns Marijuana Legalization

Evidently, "Peter" means "Rock" and not "Stoner". Ah me!  I slay me. Actually, we discover...

June 23, 2014

Sensus Fidelium Doesn’t Mean Majority Opinion

sez Francis. I love this guy so much!

June 19, 2014

Pope Francis says world economic system inevitably leads to war

"We are in a world economic system that is not good," Pope Francis said. "A...

June 16, 2014

Mackerel Snapper Asks the Musical Question…

"Who died and made you Pope?" FWIW, most of the people so eager to defend...

June 05, 2014

Pope Francis Sacks Entire Board of Vatican’s Financial Watchdog

I love this guy so much. I have a Dominican priest friend (very big, far...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Wow! If this happens, it will be the hugesest thing in the Church since the Great Schism

Pope, Orthodox Patriarch look to new council at Nicea There are certain kerfuffles going on...

May 27, 2014

Gerard Nadal Ph D nails it …

...concerning the Greatest Catholics of All Time once again bashing our good and holy pope:...

May 20, 2014

We Now Live in a Curious Age

An age when the National Catholic Reporter is calling allegedly Faithful Conservative Catholics[TM], whose special...

May 13, 2014

Pope Francis Vindicates Mike Flynn…

...announces aliens can be baptized. Rejoice! There is hope for Krenken!

May 07, 2014

A good piece at the Imaginative Conservative…

...confronting the common narrative of panic about and hostility toward Pope Francis from conservatives who...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Rome Lifts Sanctions on Silenced Irish Priest

The term for this is "mercy". The essential paragraph: "It was reported at the weekend...

April 24, 2014

Applying What We’ve Learned

So, as we just saw with the Bundy hysteria, it is an almost guaranteed sure...

April 01, 2014

Pope Francis appoints Kathleen Sebelius next Archbishop of Chicago

No.  Really.  It's on the web and everything, so it's obviously true. In other news,...

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