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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...

July 2025

July 11, 2025

Govt Posts Blasphemous Video to Justify ICE Gestapo

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom,...

June 2021

June 18, 2021

God Can Say Enough.

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

March 2020

March 19, 2020

Sometimes, Being Pro Life Means Not Spreading a Virus. No Mass Saves Lives.

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

April 2015

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...

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 06, 2014

Sender, Go-er, or Disobedient: Which are You?

The harvest is ripe, but the workers are few. Pray earnestly to the Lord of the...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

I Didn’t Know “Trickle Down Economics” Was in the Ten Commandments.

I didn’t know “trickle down economics” was in the Ten Commandments. I also didn’t...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Waters of the Deep?

This story has been knocking around since June 12. That’s when NewScientist published an article...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

2013 Favs: If You’re Looking for Me, You’ll Find Me Standing With the Pope

I doubt that they're interested in what I think, but I want to send...

December 28, 2013

2013 Favs: This Just In: Millions Watch as Irrelevant, Dying Sect Inaugurates Poorly Dressed, Out-of-Date Leader

First Question: How many secular pundits does it take a perpetrate a lie? Answer: All...

October 2013

October 02, 2013

Book Review: What Are You Afraid Of?

To join the discuss about What Are You Afraid Of?, or to order a copy,...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

Follow Jesus on Twitter

The Gospel on Twitter. Watch and be blessed.

August 2013

August 21, 2013

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 4

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

August 15, 2013

Mary and Following Jesus: There are No Limits

I have been progressing through the 33 day preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus...

August 15, 2013

Book Review: American Militarism vs the Kingdom of God

To join the discussion about Fight A Christian Case for Nonviolence, or to order a...

August 08, 2013

The Cult-Like Anti-Intellectualism of Christian Bashing

Let's look at the arguments we've seen against the faith here on Public Catholic. They...

August 06, 2013

Book Review: Deriving the Personality of God from His Actions in Scripture

To join the discussion about Finding God in the Bible, or to order a copy, go...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Data Omniscience Hubris and the Bible

I remember reading a few years ago that archeologists had found a shard of pottery...

July 18, 2013

The Secret’s Out: Devout Catholic Husbands and Wives Have the Best Sex

If you want great sex, trying marrying for love and committing yourself this person for...

June 2013

June 30, 2013

This is the Gospel: God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life.

This is an extraordinary interpretation of Scripture in poetry by Dare to Share Ministries....

May 2013

May 10, 2013

Back to Babel: Did Europeans and Asians Once Speak a Common Language?

The idea of a universal human language goes back to the story of the Tower...

May 06, 2013

Do God and His Church Hate Women?

"The reason why any free, independent woman would call herself a Christian is beyond me."...

May 05, 2013

What it Means to be Catholic

What does it mean to be Catholic? This video gives some thoughtful answers to that...

May 01, 2013

Mary’s Day

Today is May Day. Mary's Day. The month of May is the month of Our...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Pope Francis: Go Against the Tide and Change the World

It is called the Great Commission. Jesus told His disciples: "Go and make disciples of...

April 27, 2013

Pope Francis: The Whole Journey of Life is a Journey of Preparation for Heaven

I have a friend who told me once that her goal in life was to...

April 26, 2013

Christian Persecution: Six Quick Takes

This week's six quick takes on Christian Persecution include one that I'm not entirely sure...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Pope Francis, Holy Thursday and Us

For I was in prison, and you visited me. Pope Francis will wash the feet...

March 20, 2013

How Do You Do Lent in a Time of Feasting?

It's still Lent. We've got a week and a half of the deepest, darkest passage...