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September 2026

September 16, 2026

MA Enacts Law Allowing Abortion at any Stage of Pregnancy

Hilarion to his sister Alis, heartiest greetings... I beg and beseech you to take care...

July 2026

July 23, 2026

There is a Difference Between Damnation and Salvation

There is a difference between doing an immoral thing and not having any morals at...

June 2026

June 02, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo’s Moral Mandate in 3 Points

I encourage all members of the Church not to be afraid of the present challenges,...

November 2025

November 17, 2025

Vatican Says No to Calling Mary “Co-Redemptrix.”

Mary is the Mother of God, but she is not the “Co-Redemptrix" or "Mediatrix of...

June 2024

June 07, 2024

The Real Sacred Heart is Not Pretty. But it is Everything.

One of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water...

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...

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...

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,...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

Can you sit at table with your Judas?

When you learn to sit at table with your Judas, you’ll understand the love of...

April 08, 2022

Americans Need More than Performative Lent and Easter Bunny Resurrection

A normal Lent for American Catholics is drenched in petty personal piety and nonsensical “sacrifice”...

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 18, 2021

God Can Say Enough.

Simon was a sorcerer, a rather famous and successful sorcerer. Evidently, Simon was also at...

June 17, 2021

Rapists and Sex Abusers Don’t Speak for God.

Clergy sex abuse scandals are not limited to Catholic priests, bishops and cardinals. The Southern...

June 15, 2021

Render Unto to Ceasar … What Did Jesus Teach About Church and State?

“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

Why Excommunicate Biden Now?

President Joe Biden has been out-front and publicly pro choice for decades. In all that...

September 2020

September 09, 2020

LaCrosse, Wisconsin Catholic Priest Belittles Lynching in Racist Homily.

Father James Altman of St James the Less Roman Catholic Church in La Crosse,...

August 2020

August 17, 2020

At Gethsemane

Rudyard Kipling's son was killed in World War I. Afterwards, Kipling wrote the poem Gethsemane....

July 2020

July 02, 2020

One God, Three Persons. Jesus Said It. I Believe It.

Once, several decades ago, I heard a homily that was preached by an Episcopalian priest...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

This is the Sampul River Massacre, 40th Anniversary.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Sampul River Massacre in El Salvador. The Sampul...

February 2020

February 19, 2020

Don’t Become the Evil You Oppose

So, how do we fight monsters without becoming monsters ourselves? The short answer is that...

February 18, 2020

The Problem is Sin. The Solution is Him.

I've published this before. I think we could all use it today. Enjoy and be...

February 12, 2020

Pray Both for the Persecuted and Their Persecutors

I pray for the persecuted church on a regular basis. But I usually do not...

February 08, 2020

Nigerian Girls are Persecuted for Following Jesus

Whenever things go bad, the go even worse for women and girls. Muslim extremists in...

February 06, 2020

God is with Us.

God is with us. In our daily lives. In our suffering. In our fears. In...

July 2018

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...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

It Takes Disastrously Crazy Thinking to Commit Suicide and Leave a Child Behind

Fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain committed suicide this week. Both of them...

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...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Blessed Stanley Rother, the Shepherd Who Did Not Run

Blessed Stanley Rother's life and death offer religious leaders who are honestly seeking to follow...