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July 2015

July 24, 2015

On complaining honestly about NFP (and other crosses)

Want to complain about NFP? Far be it from me to stop you! You could...

July 23, 2015

What can American parents learn from a doll?

In wealthy, progressive Seattle, polio vaccination rates are lower than in Rwanda. Parents...

July 22, 2015

Mother Eye/Father Eye

Our first day at the beach, finally! We went for a quick evening dip at...

July 22, 2015

Mother Eye/Father Eye

(Going through my archives as I put my new book together, and I found this...

July 21, 2015

Great news for Los Angeles (and prayers for Uncle Joe)

The Pope has appointed three new auxiliary bishops to serve in the massive archdiocese...

July 21, 2015

Slimes and Blunders caption contest

My sister Abby used to write an NFP column called "Signs and Wonders." Her husband, naturally,...

July 20, 2015

The Sinner’s Guide to NFP is on sale for NFP Awareness Week!

In honor of nobody's favorite week of the year, my book's on sale all week! The...

July 20, 2015

“I don’t own my child’s body” is a clever mask for something cruel

"I Don't Own My Child's Body" is the weirdly melodramatic title of a parenting piece from...

July 20, 2015

Will I see you in Wichita?

One thing I gave short shrift to in my book is the idea of the...

July 18, 2015

Huffington Post to Donald Trump: Send out the clowns

Vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert Donald Trump opened his festering gob and said of John McCain: “He’s not...

July 17, 2015

Living in a panic room: Virtuous pedophiles?

"Eternally hunkered down in a panic room." That's how one psychologist describes the interior lives...

July 15, 2015

What is the Church to us?

Anybody remember this picture from a few babies ago? Our Sunday Visitor is publishing...

July 14, 2015

Watch Planned Parenthood Arranging to Sell Fetal Livers, Brains, and Hearts Over Lunch

It helps to know which organs you are hoping to retrieve, Nucatola explains: So then...

July 09, 2015

Why Pope Francis should be canonized RIGHT NOW.

Because he didn't smack this guy right across his smirking puss: (If the video doesn't...

July 09, 2015

Is Your Facebook Feed the Sea of Galilee or the Dead Sea?

I don't have non-Catholic and secular Facebook friends merely because I want to proselytize them...

July 07, 2015

10 Ways to Insult a Catholic Blogger (and Why You Shouldn’t Bother)

1. You're just trying to get attention with this! Oh gosh-all-whillikers, not attention! You mean that...

July 06, 2015

Maria Goretti didn’t die for her virginity

Or she wasn't canonized just because she managed to remain a virgin, anyway. Let's back...

July 02, 2015

In defense of deploring poor taste

You should know that terrible times have a sifting effect, letting the truly important human experiences...

July 02, 2015

Poetry-ize your house for the summer

Behold my triumph in a stealth supplemental classical education! My nine-year-old son, the one affectionately...

July 01, 2015

The Stupids Get On Board the Potty Train

Sorry for the bloggy silence lately! Lots of writing deadlines coming up (if you could spare...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Because I said I would: Nope, the CDF has not ruled Medjugorje non-supernatural

So the Italian media was wrong! Dun dun dunnnnn. I said I would acknowledge it if...

June 26, 2015

Will the Catholic Church be hurt by the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage?

Hats off to everyone who was surprised by today's Supreme Court ruling that states cannot...

June 25, 2015

Knock knock! Who’s there? A Catholic.

As an evangelist, I'm laboring under a triple whammy: I'm a New Englander, I'm shy, and I'm a...

June 25, 2015

Italian journalists: CDF says Medjugorje is not supernatural

Catholic World News says (emphasis mine): According to several Italian journalists—notably Vatican-watch Gianluca Barile—the CDF...

June 24, 2015

Make homemade vanilla extract now for Christmas gifts!

Last year, we gave a bunch of people homemade vanilla extract for Christmas. Was it...

June 23, 2015

Sola Americana

I hereby move that American Catholics live up to their bad reputation and stop reading...

June 23, 2015

Has Etsy banned the sale of sacramentals?

To a casual onlooker, it really does seem like Catholics believe that if you die...

June 19, 2015

Big Families Say “Laudato Si!”

Got a big family? Then you already know that you’re crazy, a traitor to...

June 18, 2015

Should you read Laudato Si? A quiz

Laudato Si is here, and not a moment too soon. Any day now, all the pundits...

June 17, 2015

House Horrible! 7 quick ways to spruce down your home

I was at the oral surgeon today. Actually I was at two oral surgeons. The...