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July 2019

July 17, 2019

Veritatis Splendor: Deportation is intrinsically evil.

But Alt! But Alt! When the Church says deportation is evil, it has in...

July 02, 2019

The condition of migrants is a pro-life issue, Fr. Pavone.

On Twitter, Fr. Frank Pavone---who, to my knowledge, has neither repented nor been disciplined...

October 2018

October 20, 2018

Don’t Call Abortion a Holocaust, Says Pope Benedict XVI

On Facebook there's a funny little guy who runs around interrogating people on whether they...

August 2018

August 05, 2018

Fr. Pavone Advocates Ends-Justifies-Means Heresy

Pavone, who spends a great deal of time congratulating himself, does not specify what...

August 04, 2018

Kwasniewski, Fr. Murray, Death Site News Promote Falsehoods on Death Penalty

On Mr. Arroyo's anti-Francis propaganda show The World Over, Fr. Murray said he had no...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

This Paul VI Encyclical Really Deserves a Birthday Party

On March 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI published an encyclical entitled Populorum Progressio. It is...

July 15, 2018

Let’s Watch As St. John Paul II “Kitchen Sinks” Pro-Life

Recently Leila Miller, a Catholic writer with a certain following, complained, yet again, about what...

July 08, 2018

Priests Can’t Forgive Sins! Only God! Answers to Common Objections II Seriatim

Suppose you owed a debt you could not repay. Suppose further that my father is...

April 2018

April 04, 2018

Yes, Virginia, The Catechism is a Magisterial Document

The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Catholic Church. The word does, after all,...

March 2017

March 17, 2017

Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Social Sin in Catholic Teaching. Here’s What It Means. (And What It Does Not.)

Last month, Michael "Lepanto Institute" Hichborn made the lunatic claim that Judas Iscariot is "the...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Sorry, But I’ve Changed My Mind About Pope Francis

Imean, I do like Pope Francis. I've defended Pope Francis. I want to believe---I really...

November 10, 2016

But Will Fr. Frank Pavone Take Instruction From His Bishop?

In a poorly-veiled swipe at this blog, Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life (video...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

But Is It the Government’s Job to Ensure a Just Wage?

But Alt!" a reader asks. "Isn't the just wage a private contract between employer and...

September 2016

September 09, 2016

Muslims are “Brothers and Sisters in the Faith of Abraham”

This is not, or need not be, complicated: Catholics, Protestants, the Eastern Orthodox, Jews, and...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Now if Life Site News Could Correct the Record. Again. [Updated]

This post is intended as a brief follow-up to yesterday's (here), in which I noted...

April 2016

April 14, 2016

“Integrating Weakness”: Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia

In Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis speaks of the "law of gradualness"; John...

April 11, 2016

Steve Skojec Says Amoris Laetitia 298 Condones Adultery. Steve Skojec is Wrong.

People send me links ("Did you see this??"); I don't seek out these things anymore....

September 2015

September 20, 2015

The American Right Erupts in Collective Nutty Over Papal Visit. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XIV.

Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is vexed that the pope might not mention subjects near...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

The Woman of the Apocalypse According to Popes

Steve "Purple" Haze, in a recent post at Failablogue is once more trying to pit...