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December 2014

December 09, 2014

President Obama is an Idiot

What kind of political idiot would pick a fight with the Little Sisters of the...

December 08, 2014

Immaculate Conception: A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is one of my favorite...

December 06, 2014

Thou Art Peter

December 05, 2014

Vatican: World Faith Leaders Pledge to Work to Stamp Out Human Trafficking

Photo source: Reuters, via Vatican Radio We call it “modern slavery.” “It” is the business...

December 01, 2014

The Immaculate Conception: The Door Opening on Our Salvation

The Immaculate Conception is the door opening on our salvation. It is God the Father,...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Advent: Come Lord Jesus

The Bible ends with a poignant verse. Come Lord Jesus, cries in a voice that...

November 19, 2014

Book Review: Accepting the Lordship of Christ, Gay Style

To join the discussion about Gay and Catholic, or to order a copy, go here. ...

November 11, 2014

The Hard Teachings: Are You Going to Leave Me Too?

If you do not eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you will...

November 07, 2014

Know, Trust and Don’t be Afraid

From what I gather, I'm doing this retreat so wrong that it hardly qualifies as...

November 05, 2014

Blog Different

Dear friends. Don’t take that as an indifferent salutation. Take it as a heartfelt greeting....

October 2014

October 28, 2014

The Word Exposed: The Christian Family

October 24, 2014

Life Sentences Without Parole Serve a Necessary Function in Good Governance

According to an article I read in The Guardian, Pope Francis has issued a...

October 23, 2014

Conversion Story: Anna

October 22, 2014

St John Paul II: The Pope Who Changed History

October 21, 2014

Pope Francis Explains the Power of the Eucharist

October 21, 2014

The Synod, One More Time

I was bugged all day long yesterday by one of my own posts. The...

October 20, 2014

4 Ways the Synod on the Family was Like the United States Congress

How was the Synod on the Family like the United States Congress? Here are four...

October 18, 2014

In Their Own Words: Inside the Synod

Synod Fathers discuss the Synod on the Family, 2014. Cardinal Willem Jacobus, Netherlands Archbishop Joseph...

October 17, 2014

Pope Adds African Cardinal to Synod Drafting Committee. Cardinal Pell Says ‘We’re Not Collapsing in a Heap’

Public Catholic reader Ken alerted me to the fact that Pope Frances has added another...

October 16, 2014

Cardinal Kasper and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Interview

Cardinal Kasper says he didn’t say it. The reporter says he’s got it on tape....

October 15, 2014

6 Things I Hope the Synod on the Family Does That It Doesn’t Seem to be Doing Now

I had high hopes for the Synod on the Family. I had hope that it...

October 14, 2014

Synod on the Family: Were the Episcopalians Right All Along?

The Vatican is already trying to calm things down. The Synod issued a summary document...

October 13, 2014

Dueling Bishops: The Synod in Their Own Words

I've put together a set of comments from the various cardinals about the on-going Synod...

October 11, 2014

Why I’m Not Writing About the Synod

I’m haven’t been writing about the Synod on the Family because I don’t have...

October 10, 2014

The Crazy People File

Note: I published this post a few years' back. It seemed apt to republish...

October 09, 2014

Book Review: Trusting God with St Therese

You can buy a copy of Trusting God with St Therese here. Does news...

October 08, 2014

Synod on the Family: What Do They Mean by Gradualism?

We’re getting snippets of this, and snippets of that out of the Synod on...

October 07, 2014

Our Lady of the Rosary is also Our Lady of Victory is also a Lady for Our Times

It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to...

October 06, 2014

Pope Francis: Inequality Between Rich and Poor Threatens Democracy

October 03, 2014

Confession

This is a First Friday. Let's take time to go to confession.