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January 2020

January 22, 2020

Sorry Mr Bishop. I’m Not Going to Let You Vote Me.

There’s more to being a legislator than casting votes. Most of the things you...

January 16, 2020

Pope Francis Condemns Violence Against Women, Calls for Women’s Empowerment.

Pope Francis began the New Year with that rarest of all things: A sermon condemning...

January 14, 2020

Update! Pope Emeritus Benedict Removes His Name from Book Undercutting Pope Francis’ Authority as Pope.

Sometimes people get caught up in things without realizing the impact they will have. It...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

And There’s More: Nuns Denounce Their Sexual Abuse by Priests

America Magazine recently published an article about the sexual abuse of nuns by priests....

July 30, 2018

McCarrick and Rother: The Tares and the Wheat Co-Exist in this World

I had planned to write a rather scathing column today. I’ve been on my last...

July 25, 2018

Cardinal McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was prominent in the Church's response to the clergy sex abuse...

July 24, 2018

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick: Sexual Predator in a Red Hat

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered and I will turn my...

May 2018

May 03, 2018

Paul Ryan Wants to Fire the House Chaplain. Why?

Father Pat Conroy was the first Roman Catholic House Chaplain in history. He held...

January 2018

January 19, 2018

Bishop Withdraws From March for Life Over AG’s Death Penalty Support

Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock Arkanas recently announced that he would not attend the...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

If You’re Been Sexually Assaulted by a Powerful Man, It’s Your Fault.

"If you’ve been sexually assaulted, your only real recourse is not to have been sexually...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

What Was Your Best Lent Ever?

I wrote this for the National Catholic Register at the beginning of Lent, but I...

April 10, 2017

The Lives of Norma McCorvey and Michael Novak Testify to God’s Mercy

I wrote this post for the National Catholic Register a while back. I'm going to...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

America is Breaking Apart Over the Polarizing Worship of Little g gods

America is breaking apart over the polarizing worship of little g gods. We the People...

February 06, 2017

Can You Do This?

I read that anti-Pope Francis posters have appeared around Rome. I have one question for those...

February 06, 2017

Timothy Putnam and the Weightiness of Becoming Catholic

There is something weighty in the decision to become Catholic. Timothy Putnam There is something weighty in...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Pope Francis Highlights the Role of Mary in 2017

January 20, 2017

Pray with Pope Francis. Pray His Prayer Intention for January.

Pope Francis' Prayer Intention for January will probably challenge at least a few of American Catholics....

December 2016

December 17, 2016

Pope Francis is 80 Today!

Our Papa is 80 years old today. If you would like to wish him a...

December 14, 2016

I Am Standing with the Pope. Glad You Noticed.

This isn’t about me, and I’m not trying to make it about me. But I’ve...

December 07, 2016

The Pope has Spoken and I Accept It.

I’ve been standing on the sidelines, watching the hate-Pope-Francis movement tear into the fabric...

December 05, 2016

I Want You to Stop and Think for a Moment About How Much God Loves You

Note: I'm re-publishing this because it didn't come through in its entirely the first time...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

Bishop Anthony Taylor Says It All

Bishop Anthony Taylor, the Bishop of Arkansas, wrote a letter to his flock that I...

November 26, 2015

At the Evening of Life, We Shall Be Judged on our Love

My uncle died last Sunday. I'm going to Dallas early next week for my appointment...

November 18, 2015

So, Charlie Sheen Announced He’s HIV Positive …

Actor Charlie Sheen has announced that he's HIV positive. To be honest, I was a...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

What is All Souls Day?

October 31, 2015

What is All Saint’s Day?

October 29, 2015

If Douthat’s Critics Disagree with Him, They Should Say Why, Not Try to Get Him Fired

Ross Douthat write op-ed posts for the New York Times. He recently wrote a post...

October 28, 2015

The Bishop Must Stand. If the Bishop Fails, All the People Will Run Away

The Synod on the Family has finally adjourned, leaving behind a document for us to...

October 24, 2015

Persecution, not Divorced and Remarrieds, is the Most Serious Issue Facing Christianity Today

My colleague Kate O'Hare interviewed Chaldean Catholic Bishop Mar Bahai Soro about the holocaust of Christians...

October 23, 2015

Fr Dwight: Blowing the Whistle on Liberal Hypocrites

Father Dwight Longenecker went on a rant, and it was too true. The only thing...