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December 2020

December 14, 2020

Bishop Tony Taylor of Little Rock Ark has COVID-19. Pray for His Recovery.

Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, Ark, has COVID-19. Bishop Taylor was formerly a priest...

December 05, 2020

Supremes Exempt 2nd Bishop from COVID Restrictions

We believe that every person is precious, that people are more important than things, and...

December 01, 2020

Bishop DiMarzio Faces Two Sex Abuse Accusations. Victims were 6 and 11.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, of the Diocese of Brooklyn NY, faces two accusations of child sexual...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Whaddaya Do When Your Bishop is a Quack?

Which is lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil, to save...

August 2020

August 14, 2020

I Hope They Don’t Kill Any of Those Kids.

I saw a sweet photo of the first day of school in one of our...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Don’t Worry Father. We’ll be Back.

Catholics are going to go back to mass when the pandemic is over. I gather...

May 2020

May 18, 2020

Our Churches are Re-Opening. Respond with Love and Prayer.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, my diocese, is beginning public mass again today. They will...

May 15, 2020

Pray the Stations of the Cross

In this time of COVID, when so much is uncertain and death is all around...

May 12, 2020

Mass is Re-Opening. Approach it with Love for Others and Respect for Life

Which is lawful on the Sabbath; to do good or to do evil, to save...

May 07, 2020

Cuomo and the value of human life.

How much is a human life worth? Pro life people have often been accused of...

May 05, 2020

COVID: Are we Turning a Corner?

Businesses are opening and people are beginning to go out again. Unfortunately, the pandemic does not...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

Another Study Shows Hydroxychloroquine Does not Help COVID.

Yet another study has shown that hydroxychloroquine not only does not help with COVID-19, it...

April 21, 2020

A Brief Message to the Stupids.

This is going to be very short. It's more of a palate cleanser than a...

April 21, 2020

So why do you think God is punishing us?

So why do you think God is punishing us? I’m reading more and more commentary...

April 20, 2020

Germany Says Its Coronavirus Outbreak is Under Control

Germany says it has COVID-19 on the beat down. Hopefully, that's true. It can happen....

April 20, 2020

Pray for Rush Limbaugh.

I’ve been hesitant to write this. Rush Limbaugh is facing death from advanced lung cancer....

April 16, 2020

Pope Francis Sets Up Commission to Care for Those Affected by COVID-19

Pope Francis recently set up a new commission to provide care for people around the...

April 16, 2020

America Needs a Woman President.

Certain countries are outliers in the current pandemic. They are doing just fine while the...

April 16, 2020

More Evidence that Hydroxychloroquine is Not Only Ineffective Against Coronavirus, It’s Dangerous

A new French study indicates that Hydroxychloroquine, the drug that President Trump has been pushing...

April 16, 2020

Jerry Falwell Jr Type Clery Don’t Speak for Christianity.

I got up this morning to another story about a showboat preacher and his ignorant...

April 16, 2020

Pope Called Cardinal Dolan to Express His Closeness to New Yorkers During the Pandemic

Pope Francis called Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York Tuesday to express his...

April 15, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine Fails to Work in Early Studies

The malaria pill that has caused so much debate does not appear to be living...

April 15, 2020

Chris Cuomo and the Sobbies: Learning the Lessons of Trauma

I’ve called it “chemosobby,” and “mastectosobby.” Heart attacks have their own version of it,...

April 13, 2020

A Few Catholic Priests Go Full Frontal Oggidy-Bogiddity.

It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come. Jesus...

April 13, 2020

Have You Felt the Power of the Virtual Eucharist?

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers,...

April 10, 2020

Jesus was not God on Good Friday. He was us. That is the Scandal of the Cross.

My colleague Mary Pezzulo routinely writes posts of galvanizing courage. She is not afraid to...

April 08, 2020

What Do You Do if You’re in Mortal Sin and Can’t Go to Confession? It’s Pretty Simple.

I've been reading internet discussions of what people who are in mortal sin should do...

April 08, 2020

America is Running Smoothly, Right Through a Pendemic. We Owe our Working People a Thank You.

America is running smoothly, right through a pandemic. We owe a debt to the working...

April 08, 2020

Christian Religious Leaders are Saving Lives in this Crisis. Here’s the List.

I’ve been reading about the nutso preachers who are insisting on holding church services right...

April 07, 2020

How COVID-19 Kills. Great Video Explaining the Virus We’re Fighting and Who is Most at Risk.

This is a detailed, understandable and very informative video made by a bariatric surgeon for...