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I Heard the Bomb.

I heard the bomb. The blast rattled the windows of my house. I heard...

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...

June 2020

June 08, 2020

Remember, Jesus Don’t Like No Killin’.

I closed down my blog and went away to pray. I often do that. I...

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...

October 2015

October 15, 2015

Studies Show Porn and Abortion are Allies

I was there when most of the tracks that led us to where we are...

October 02, 2015

All the Christians Stand Up

If a shooter said All the Christians stand up to you, what would you do? Sadly,...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Two Reporters Were Murdered on TV Today. How Many Murders Have you Witnessed?

Americans saw another cold-blooded murder this morning, this time it was a disgruntled former employee,...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Don’t Go to Battle for Christ Before You Go to Spiritual Boot Camp

Make no mistake about it: The culture wars are going to get hot and hotter....

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Ok. Let’s Talk Gun Control.

Ok. Let's talk gun control. I'm writing this post for one purpose. That purpose is...

June 19, 2015

President Obama’s Statement on Charleston Murders

President Obama combined his grief about the shooting in South Carolina with a call for...

June 18, 2015

Nine People in Charleston are Dead for No Reason. Does Anybody Understand This?

Nine people at prayer. A young man enters the church and sits down with them....

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Will the Stepford Congress Kill the Sex Trafficking Bill?

The boys and girls in DC are doing their doo-dah, once again. It seems that...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Life Sentences Without Parole Serve a Necessary Function in Good Governance

According to an article I read in The Guardian, Pope Francis has issued a...

October 22, 2014

Canada: Hit and Run that Killed Soldier is Called Terrorist Attack

Canadian authorities are doing something that American authorities appear to be incapable of doing: They...

October 17, 2014

Nigeria, Boko Haram Agree to Ceasefire and Release of Kidnapped Girls

Nigeria’s chief of defense, Alex Badeh, has announced a truce between the Nigerian government and...

October 10, 2014

Stop Inflicting Your Inner Crazy on Other People

Over at Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta published a post concerning a couple of ominous notes...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Pope Francis: The Devil Hates Human Beings and Wants to Destroy Us

September 29, 2014

8 Things I Think I Know about the Oklahoma Beheading

Imam Imad Enchassi I think our local newspeople here in Oklahoma have done a fine...

September 29, 2014

Alton Nolen’s Imam: He’s as Far from Islam as He Could Be

Jah-Keem Yisrael is the name he wanted to be known by. Everyone else calls him...

September 26, 2014

Beheading in Oklahoma.

Alton Nolan, a fired employee, beheaded a woman at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday....

September 08, 2014

TMZ Releases Surveillance Video of Ray Rice Attacking His Fiance. Ravens Finally Terminate His Contract

What does it take for a pro football player to be held accountable? Mistreatment...

September 02, 2014

ADULTS ONLY for This One: Rape is Hilarious

I have nothing to add to this. The video speaks for itself.

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Planned Parenthood, Teaching Sexual Fetishism and Other Perversions to Kids

Watch the videos below and consider this: Our government puts $542 million into Planned...

July 17, 2014

Evil Never Sleeps: The Killing Fields of Medical Murder

Britain is debating legalizing medical murder. Medical murder’s proponents spiff it up by calling it...

July 17, 2014

Margaret Atwood wrote a gripping novel back in 1985 called The Handmaid’s Tale. The main...

July 01, 2014

Message to Internet Venues: Stop the Internet Death Threats and Deliberate Attempts to Incite Violence

I’m going to do something that I said I would not do. Less than...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Conversion Story: Finding Jesus in Prison

Those who are forgiven much, love much. Jesus Christ

June 20, 2014

Guns. Blaming Father Terra for Trying to Defend Himself. And Raising Up Psychopaths.

I’m proud of you. Public Catholic readers have not gone off the deep end, blaming...

June 18, 2014

God Bless Father Terra

My heart goes out to Father Joseph Terra. He has to heal from grievous injuries,...

June 17, 2014

Police Release Tape of 911 Call in Priest Shooting

This is hard to listen to. I didn’t make it through the first time. However,...