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October 2020

October 06, 2020

The Double Gold Standard

The English translation of Pope Francis' encyclical Fratelli Tutti was released on the fourth. Among...

September 2020

September 19, 2020

The Nativity of Antichrist

Then was a saint led up into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil....

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Rainbow Crown

A couple days ago, Catholic Arena (a media outlet I hadn't come across before) shared...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

By the Waters of Babylon

The news hit today that SCOTUS, in a 5-4 ruling, struck down a pro-life bill...

June 12, 2020

CST 104: More Like Catholic Socialist Teaching!

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left CST 103:...

June 02, 2020

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism

Where do I get off calling my blog "left-trad," anyway? Didn't the Church condemn socialism?...

May 2020

May 20, 2020

The Ascension and the Eucharist

Tonight is the vigil of Christ's Ascension. Forty days after he rose from the grave,...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Why Pro-Lifers Should Vote Blue: Postscript

Intro; The Misters President; The Unsafety Net; The Catch Closing out this series, I'd feel...

April 05, 2020

Meditations for Holy Week

Palm Sunday The beginning of Christendom is, strictly, at a point out of time. A...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Since My Last Confession

I'm sitting at my desk, drinking a beer and listening to Dishwalla (shut up), and...

December 2019

December 07, 2019

In the Eye Of, Part One

There's a real gap in understanding, I find, between most straight Catholics' experience of Catholic...

December 04, 2019

A Program for Reform, Part Four

Part One; Part Two; Part Three And now we come to the salacious part, the...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

A Program for Reform, Part Three

Financial corruption is another major element that runs throughout the Church's scandals. It takes money...

November 20, 2019

A Program for Reform, Part Two

Part One Let's start with some suggestions for reforming authority structures in the Church, shall...

November 15, 2019

A Program for Reform, Part One

Wanna mess around and massively reform the Catholic Church? haha jk ... unless? The sex...

November 11, 2019

A Slip of the Tongue, Part Two

Part One In my last, I discussed various sins of the tongue, and, in particular,...

October 2019

October 28, 2019

The Mark of the Pharisee

Yesterday's epistle and gospel readings form, at first glance, an odd pair. Here, in my...

October 24, 2019

Theotokos or Pachamama?

The suspicion, hostility, and charges of idolatry being launched against the Amazon Synod, the Vatican...

October 19, 2019

Vivisection

The words slide into me like a well-lubricated knife. “It is a sin against nature—don’t...

October 18, 2019

Clapback Comes for the Archbishop, Part Three

Part One; Part Two; Excursus Right then, back to your regularly scheduled program of subverting...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Clapback Comes for the Archbishop, Excursus: LGBT Language

Part One; Part Two Before I move to His Excellency's next point, I'd like to...

September 25, 2019

Clapback Comes for the Archbishop, Part Two

Part One And now, let's pivot to my dissatisfaction with Archbishop Chaput's column. He lays...

September 23, 2019

Clapback Comes for the Archbishop, Part One

Archbishop Charles Chaput's recent column about Fr James Martin, and the latter's reply, have been...

September 18, 2019

Don’t Leave Me

What a time to be a Catholic. The USCCB, with its usual cultural aplomb and...