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May 2026

May 28, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas is Pope Leo, Repeating What Jesus Said.

Press reports and discussions about Magnifica Humanitas have to be brief. They also have to...

August 2025

August 18, 2025

On 8/18/1920 Women Got the Right to Vote. Can We Keep It?

On this day in 1920, the state of Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the...

August 11, 2025

Pro Life Monday: Women’s Lives Matter as Much as Men’s

Pro Life Monday. How many people do you have to kill before you’re not pro...

August 02, 2025

Maxwell Moved to Cushy Prison. Will Trump Pardon Her?

Inquiring minds want to know: Is Trump going to pardon Gislaine Maxwell? Will Maxwell testify...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Stop the Cover-Up. Release the Files. Name Every Man.

Today is the World Day Against Human Trafficking. It’s as ironic as irony can be...

July 08, 2025

Auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei charged with human trafficking.

Msgr. Mariano Fazio, the second-ranking official in Opus Dei, has been named as a defendant...

February 2025

February 24, 2025

Jesus Christ is your God. Or Trump is your god. You chose.

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God. You shall...

February 28, 2024

Pope Frances Says Ban Surrogacy. I Say Stop the $$.

“I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation...

February 19, 2024

Female Genital Mutilation: Why Aren’t You a Feminist?

Women are raped, murdered, mutilated, sold as slaves, forced into marriage, forced to submit to...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

In a Huge Pro Family Move, Biden Gives Student Debt Relief

President Biden just gave a huge help to young families all across this country. It...

June 2022

June 10, 2022

OU Women Win National Softball Championship!!

OU Women's Softball brought home another national championship last night. This was big news around...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Being Pro Life Means Helping Women.

The moral underpinning of the pro life movement has nothing to do with punishing women....

April 02, 2022

Women have the power to give life. Don’t let misogyny steal it.

Children are a gift that keeps on giving. I remember when I was young and...

March 2022

March 22, 2022

Congressman Jim Jordan Wants to “Remember” Kavanaugh

I just have to write a brief comment about this. The photo above is a...

March 18, 2022

William Hurt: Woman-Beating Rapist Who Got Away With It.

It turns out that the late William Hurt wasn’t much of a man. He was...

March 10, 2022

Jesus was a Man. Does that Mean God Hates Women?

So, Tuesday was International Women’s Day. I saw a spate of memes on the internet...

March 04, 2022

I’m an Angry, Bad Catholic Writing a Catholic Blog.

My attempts at blogging have been few and far between for quite some time now. ...

October 2021

October 12, 2021

Abortion Kills a Child. That’s Why I Oppose It.

I oppose abortion for one reason: Abortion kills a living child. That’s it. I don’t...

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...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

Do Not Deny Yourself the Eucharist

Misogyny is a terrible sin. The sin of clerical misogyny is the sin of the...

May 12, 2021

The Church and Misogyny

When I was in office, I helped organize a Day of Prayer for an End...

May 03, 2021

Caitlin Jenner Opposes Allowing Transgender Biological Males Compete in Women’s Sport. I Agree with Her.

Caitlin Jenner, who, in her previous life gold medalist Olympic athlete, has taken a stand...

October 2020

October 14, 2020

The Court Should Overturn Roe. We Need to Move Forward.

Senator Gary Peters did something I never indulged in during all my years in public...

September 2020

September 10, 2020

You Don’t Have to Support Religious Demagogues. You can say No.

A few years after my knock-me-flat-in-the-middle-of-the-road religious conversion, and many years before I entered the...

January 2020

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...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Doc Who Helps Rape Victims

I am always surprised and gratified when anyone accords the people who stand up for...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

If Jesus is God, Then Torture is Wrong

Torture is one of those insidious sins that shatters the tortured person right down to...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Pro Life Women Join the Women’s Marches

Pro Life women marched alongside others in the Women's March Saturday. I personally know pro...

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...