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June 2014

June 06, 2014

Hopefully, the law is finally catching up…

...with this vile priest. In March, the nonprofit group BishopAccountability.org, which specializes in tracking problem priests,...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

The Great Thing about the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal for our Chattering Classes…

...was that it provided the incredibly satisfying feeling of caring about children who were sexually...

February 07, 2014

There’s nothing quite so daft as a British Intellectual of the Left

Sex offenders including paedophiles should be allowed to adopt, Theresa May told Rules which bar...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

A reader from the troubled Mpls diocese writes:

I listened to you on October 8, 2013, at the Argument of the Month Event...

December 17, 2013

A reader from Mpls/St. Paul writes:

Please keep Archbishop Nienstedt and the Catholic Church in Minnesota in your prayers. Today Archbishop...

December 11, 2013

SNAP Crosses the Line into Inciting Vigilantes

...publishes email addresses and phone numbers of accused priests. If somebody gets hurt, SNAP has...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

Billy Graham’s Grandson Says Evangelical Abuse Problem Worse Than Catholic’s

He may be right, but I wouldn't know that. And I don't much care if...

October 2013

October 05, 2013

More Blood on the Floor in Minnesota

Archdiocesan moral cretins hid priest's porn collection (including child porn) from cops and parishioners. This...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Kevin O’Brien to Shoutin’ Bill Donohue…

For the love of God (literally), will you please just shut up? Prayer, fasting, almsgiving,...

September 27, 2013

Why People Were Right and Wrong…

...to be outraged by the priest scandal.

September 24, 2013

Yet Another Hideous Spectacle

...of bureaucratic butt-covering, incompetence, and failure to deal with an obviously predatory priest. It will...

September 17, 2013

The Infallible Faithful Conservative Catholic Anti-Charism of Discernment Marches On!

From the subculture that learned nothing from Maciel, circled the wagons for Euteneuer, backed unjust...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Tom Kreitzberg Speaks for Me…

...regarding the preposterous claim that there was nothing the Diocese of San Diego could do...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Good. More please.

Vatican announcement: Disgraced Cardinal O'Brien leaving Scotland for "penance and prayer"... Memo for those of...

May 11, 2013

Toldja

The day is coming when the Church will be despised, not for allowing sexual abuse...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

What is the *matter* with this guy?

How, at this late date, can a bishop still be such an utter, utter numbskull? Newark...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

Francis bans Cdl. Law from his own church? It appears not

According to the Daily Mail: So when the appearance of a disgraced cardinal threatened to...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Another Aussie Contrarian, and an Atheist to Boot…

on the strange freedom the media feel in just making crap up if it's useful...

February 27, 2013

Fr. Scapegoat

Interesting piece by an Aussie "well and truly lapsed" Catholic who recognizes that priests have...

February 26, 2013

The Great Enema Continues

The pattern appears to continue. When the bishop has not himself committed the sexual sin,...

February 19, 2013

Mahony Continues to Make a Spectacle of Himself

Now he's the Suffering Servant, identifying himself with Jesus as he was prophecied in Isaiah...

February 15, 2013

Cdl. Mahony Praises Self for Awesome Humility

Just. Shut. Up. Willya? Benedict, upon retirement, sets the healthy model: He will disappear from...

February 06, 2013

Los Angeles: Land of Sex Abuse

Here's the quote: “Unfortunately it doesn’t surprise me,” he says. “It is a culture of...

February 04, 2013

Laity as Bit Players in the Drama of Clerical Redemption

Rod Dreher on the latest bit of episcopal boneheadedness, appointing a guy who is a...

February 02, 2013

Quote for the Day

An atheist in my combox has the startling insight that the Church is full of...

February 01, 2013

Mahony to Gomez

"No! This cannot be! I am invincible! If I must go, I will take as...

February 01, 2013

Bravo, Abp Gomez

Former LA Abp Mahony is relieved of duties and Bp. Curry is out. Rocco Palmo,...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Cardinal Mahony and some of his staff…

...should be wearing liturgical orange for obstruction of justice. But that's up to us laypeople, who...

January 18, 2013

The American Catholic Church Continues the Great Enema

...that commenced during the Long Lent of 2002. There has been a lot of change...

January 16, 2013

Hear that Huge Outcry?

Me neither. About what? A reader writes: You might be interested in this. I'm looking...

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