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September 2026

September 10, 2026

Pope Leo’s Prayer Intention for Sept: For the Care of Water

Pope Leo's September prayer intention could not be more pertinent to Americans. The Holy Father...

May 2026

May 25, 2026

Will We Rule AI or Will AI Rule Us? Pope Leo Weighs In.

One ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring...

April 2026

April 16, 2026

Trump Attacks Church. Jerks Catholic Charities Funding.

Trump has mis-used his power to broaden his attacks on the Catholic Church. Catholic Charities...

April 16, 2026

MAGA Attack Dogs Back Trump as He Doubles Down on Blasphemy

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own...

April 15, 2026

Trump Attacks Pope Again. Leo Responds with Call for Peace

Years ago, my sister and brother-in-law woke in the middle of the night to strange...

March 2026

March 20, 2026

Pope, Bishops, Catholic Teaching Go Thumbs Down on Trump War

The Holy Father and our Catholic Bishops are, as a group, more than a little...

February 2026

February 11, 2026

Archbishop & Cardinal Oppose Trump’s Racist Obama Post

Two of America’s senior Catholic officials have called for President Trump to apologize for a...

January 2026

January 23, 2026

John Allen, Award Winning Vatican Reporter, Dies of Cancer

John Allen, longtime Vatican correspondent and founder of CruxNow.com, died this week from stomach cancer....

August 2025

August 15, 2025

Consecrate Your fight to Save America to Our Lady

Today is the Feast of the Assumption. It is the day Roman Catholics honor the...

August 09, 2025

The Transfiguration is as Important Now as When It Happened

The Feast of the Transfiguration was especially powerful for me this year. My sister died...

July 2025

July 24, 2025

Homeland Security Committee Attacks Catholic Charities

The House Homeland Security Committee recently came up with a genius plan to “investigate” churches...

July 10, 2025

USCCB to IRS: Catholic Church won’t endorse politicians.

The IRS issued a big change in their enforcement of the law. They now say...

July 09, 2025

San Bernardino Bishop Suspends Mass Obligation

The bishop of San Bernardino has formally suspended the Sunday mass obligation throughout his diocese...

July 09, 2025

Catholic Bishops Condemn Trump’s Big Bill

America’s Catholic bishops condemned the passage of Trump’s “big beautiful bill” last week and said...

July 08, 2025

Auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei charged with human trafficking.

Msgr. Mariano Fazio, the second-ranking official in Opus Dei, has been named as a defendant...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

Bishops and Priests: Jesus is the Answer

Woe to you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the...

November 2022

November 16, 2022

Did the Bishops Stick their Thumb in the Pope’s Eye?

Are the United States Catholic bishops declaring war on Pope Francis? I don’t know anything...

October 2022

October 14, 2022

Being Catholic does not mean that you have to be stupid, ignorant, superstitious and dead.

My Patheos colleague, Fr Matthew Schneider wrote a post about the anti-vax statements being made...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

Peter or Judas? Which one will you follow?

In the face of this deplorable evil, the church kneels before God and implores his...

June 2022

June 15, 2022

“He did it too!” is an Excuse for Children, not Bishops and Priests.

Clergy sex abuse is a big topic, spanning generations of baby-raping clergy and their innocent...

June 10, 2022

So What’s Wrong with Cardinal McElroy?

A few weeks ago, Pope Francis elevated Bishop McElroy of San Diego to Cardinal, and...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

I Believe What the Church Teaches.

"I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ,...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

Pope Consecrates Russia and Ukraine to Mary. Russia Backs Away from Kyiv.

These two stories crossed my feed today, a few hours after the Holy Father consecrated...

March 25, 2022

Peter Consecrates Russia, Ukraine to Mary.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, that he might sift you...

March 16, 2022

Pope Francis To Consecrate Russia, Ukraine to Our Lady.

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has announced that he will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to...

March 10, 2022

Jesus was a Man. Does that Mean God Hates Women?

So, Tuesday was International Women’s Day. I saw a spate of memes on the internet...

March 07, 2022

How to Refuse Satan’s Temptations

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by...

March 04, 2022

I’m an Angry, Bad Catholic Writing a Catholic Blog.

My attempts at blogging have been few and far between for quite some time now. ...

October 2021

October 05, 2021

Kneel Before the Cross with an Attitude of Gratitude.

Give to Caesar what belongs to caesar, and give to God what belongs to God....

June 2021

June 28, 2021

What Were the Bishops Doing?

I’m guessing that the Catholic bishops were surprised by the public reaction to their plan...