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August 2016

August 25, 2016

New Study on ‘Sexuality and Gender’ Shakes Assumptions About Transgenderism

A new study calls into question the political narratives surrounding trendy treatments for people who...

August 05, 2016

As the World Gets Crazier and Meaner, Follow Jesus Christ

I wrote this post for the National Catholic Register a few weeks back. Since then,...

November 2015

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 22, 2015

Drug Addiction is a Catastrophe for Families

I wish that the Synod on the Family had been able to spend more time...

October 14, 2015

PP Says They Will Stop Taking Money for Aborted Baby Body Parts. Do You Believe Them?

Planned Parenthood president, Cecile Richards, published a letter yesterday stating that Big Pink won't take...

October 05, 2015

Gov Jerry Brown Forgot the First Rule: Don’t Kill Innocent People!

Governor Jerry Brown jumped off the cliff and into the volcano of mass murder today....

September 2015

September 21, 2015

Left Wing Media Tries to Hijack Pope Francis for Its Secular Agenda

Redefining Francis to fit their political agenda is the new game of the left. It...

September 11, 2015

Office Depot’s Refusal to Print Pro-Life Flyer is Bad Business, But They Can Do It

Things are hopping in the culture wars. It seems that a clerk at a Chicago...

September 04, 2015

When Chickens Trump Babies … Time to Re-Prioritize?

I think this is something that only a Harry Truman Democrat could write. I take...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

Abortion Apologists Defend the Mother Ship

Planned Parenthood's mega funding from the federal coffers might be -- might be -- in a bit...

July 16, 2015

Colorado State U Buys Planned Parenthood Aborted Baby Body Parts

Why is abortion so hard to stop? Why is Planned Parenthood seemingly impossible to de-fund?...

July 09, 2015

Was St Maria Goretti’s Purity in Her Body? Let’s Ask St Augustine.

Purity is a virtue of the soul ... not even when the body is violated...

June 2015

June 09, 2015

Can Bruce Jenner Be a Christian? Of Course He Can.

I hadn't intended to discuss Bruce Jenner, the person. I don't mind discussing what I...

June 05, 2015

Trans … What Did You Say? Trendy Medical Malpractice on the Mentally Ill

Transexuality, otherwise known as gender dysphoria, is not alone. It turns out that there are...

June 03, 2015

Sex Change Surgery is the New Prefrontal Lobotomy and a Trendy Form of Child Mutilation

What do prefrontal lobotomy and sex change surgery have in common from a scientific viewpoint?...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Crisis Pregnancy Centers are Under Attack for Saving Lives

Two days ago, the California Assembly passed a bill attacking crisis pregnancy centers. Among other...

May 26, 2015

Why Weren’t the Laws Concerning Minors Followed in the Duggar Case?

I haven't paid much attention to the case of Josh Duggar. I never watched the...

May 23, 2015

Fr Longenecker’s 12 Reasons Not to Debate Internet Atheists, Plus 6 of Mine

Fr Dwight Longenecker published a post today giving 12 of the reasons why he...

May 21, 2015

Breaking: Federal Court Forces Notre Dame to Follow HHS Mandate

The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the University of Notre Dame's appeal against...

May 13, 2015

This Just In: Catholic Church Will Forgive Your Abortion

Christian bashers are characterized by a number of things. First, they are bigots. Second, they...

May 12, 2015

Christianity Declines Sharply in America. Here’s the One, Two Three of It.

Recent polls show a seven percent drop in the past eight years in the number...

April 2015

April 18, 2015

Killing Grandma to Kiss the Zeitgeist.

Poor Brittany Maynard. Brittany Maynard was a young woman who had terminal brain cancer. She...

April 08, 2015

Praying the Divine Mercy in an Age of Exploitation and Murder of Innocents

If you do not become be converted and become as a little child, you shall...

April 02, 2015

5 Ways to Do Holy Thursday for Shut Ins and Shut Outs

Go to mass tonight if you can. You will be blessed. If you're sick or...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

America and Its Half Million Homeless Ghosts

They are not people to us. They are ghosts of what once was people like...

March 21, 2015

Church Turns to Congress for Relief from Attacks on Religious Freedom

The city of Washington, DC has passed two laws that directly attack religious freedom. The...

March 13, 2015

So What’s this “Agreement” with Iran that’s Got Everybody in an Uproar?

Plainly put, the "agreement" between Iran and President Obama (not, notice between Iran and the...

March 05, 2015

Money Talks, Facts Walk in Oklahoma’s Three Horse Economy.

Oklahoma has a three-horse economy. Here it is in three words: Agriculture. Military bases. Oil. If...

March 04, 2015

Pope Francis: Discarding the Elderly is Ugly and It is a Sin

This is a powerful message for our Pope on the care of the elderly.

February 2015

February 23, 2015

The Price of Clean Hands: He Died for Refusing a Bribe

Officials who take bribes are committing a crime against just and stable government. Considering the...