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August 2016

August 02, 2016

Moving Forward: Muslims And Jews Show Solidarity With Catholics in France And Italy.

Time has an article about Muslims and Jews in France and Italy who attended Mass...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

On divorce, Chaput and Francis singing from the same song sheet

From my latest at Crux. In the world of Catholic news, we were almost headed...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

The Trans Movement – Another Form of Patriarchy

Over at Crux, I have a new piece exploring the patriarchal effects of the trans...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

Don’t Make The Church A Stepford Wife

Fr. Dwight Longnecker set me up for one of my soapboxes this morning. He published...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

UPDATED: What did the Pope say on the way back from Mexico…?

The headlines this morning told us the following - "Pope Francis Says Contraception Justified in...

February 05, 2016

6 Things You Need To Know About The Zika Virus

Various people subscribe to the maxim, "Never let a crisis go to waste." Well, considering the Zika...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Future for the US Church? Stop Evangelizing Through the Courts and the Legislature.

Like many, I grew up in a Catholic family, attended Catholic grade school, CCD, youth...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Dear David Brooks: I Needed That Laugh. Thanks!

David Brooks has a hilarious piece in The New York Times today. (H/T James Taranto, "Best of...

June 26, 2015

Same-Sex Marriage Wasn’t Decided Today

It was decided decades ago, perhaps even almost 100 years ago. The United States population...

June 18, 2015

3 Sources To Understanding Pope Francis’ Encyclical “Laudato Si'”

If you're like most of us, you don't have time to digest the almost 200...

June 06, 2015

Cardinal Kasper – The Pope Didn’t Endorse My Proposal

We live in a soundbite world. Of that, there is no doubt. Before, during, and...

June 04, 2015

Summer Learnin’

What are you doing this summer? Vacation? Sounds good. But what about a graduate course...

June 04, 2015

Will The Real Caitlyn Jenner Please Stand Up?

On Monday, the new Vanity Fair cover introduced us to Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner...

June 01, 2015

Mad Men, Don Draper, & Pinocchio

And so it ended. Two weeks ago, the Mad Men finale aired. And - spoiler alert - Don Draper...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

#1 Thing That Men Can Do For Marriage

Over at the CatholicCompany.com, Gretchen (a blogger whom I don't know) posted some great advice...

May 14, 2015

UPDATE – Creating a Culture of Encounter: The Social Vision of Pope Francis

I'm very excited to announce one of my new projects as Associate Dean of the...

May 13, 2015

A Tale Of Two Princesses

Last week, the (developed) world held its breath for the birth of the new British...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

UK’s “Catholic Herald” Reviews My Study Guide on St. John Paul II’s “Letter to Families.”

So, Francis Phillips at the Catholic Herald (UK) just reviewed a study guide that I...

March 2015

March 12, 2015

My Podcast – Catholic Answers Live – Divorce, Remarriage, & Communion

On Monday, I was a guest on Catholic Answers Live to discuss something really easy...

March 08, 2015

4 Things You Should Know About International Women’s Day

In Rome, International Women's Day is celebrated with small bouquets of mimosa flowers. The guys...

March 02, 2015

The #1 reason I’m ok with the SNL skit about ISIS.

Irony. Sheer unadulterated tragic hilarious i.r.o.n.y. The first time I saw the video, I couldn't...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

CNN, “Finding Jesus”, & Conversation

So, I've been meaning to share the news of my new job; but things have...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

Who’s Charlie Now?

It was just a few weeks ago, days really, that most people in France and...

January 21, 2015

“Charlie Hebdo” – Free Speech Or A Very Different Issue Altogether?

The inexcusable and inhuman attacks on the staff of the French publication Charlie Hebdo have...

January 20, 2015

Los Angeles, Sunshine, and Pro-Life

Los Angeles knows how to do a pro-life walk After oh-so-many freezing (but, of course...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

From Ferguson – A Different Voice

Look, I get anger. I get injustice. I get the sense that people need to...

November 2014

November 17, 2014

Pope Francis – Still Catholic, Still Pro-Life

On Saturday, Pope Francis gave an address to the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors...

November 11, 2014

CNN Reporting 11 Women Killed From A Sterilization Campaign In India

For those who suggested that my post last week, the one with the statement from...

November 07, 2014

UPDATED: Did the Kenyan Bishops Just Expose WHO & UNICEF?

Yesterday, the Bishops of Kenya issued what appeared to be a courageous statement exposing a...

November 06, 2014

How To Make A Baby

Let me share with you two articles that I never would have put together except...