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December 2018

December 24, 2018

Yes, Jesus Really Was Born in Bethlehem on December 25

There is an increasingly silly notion going around that Jesus never really existed, and if...

December 21, 2018

The Bethlehem Shepherds Were Not Just Country Bumpkins

The charming story of Christmas night is that the shepherds were a bunch of country...

December 20, 2018

Yes, Jesus Really Existed and He Was Born on December 25

When will the silly nonsense stop? Once again this year we will hear from internet...

December 19, 2018

The Power of Podcasting

I've always been amazed at the power of the blog. You can write an article...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

Does DNA Prove Noah’s Ark?

Have scientists proven the story of Noah's Ark? A most interesting article popped up in...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Tree of Life Synagogue and the Tree of Death

I couldn't help noticing the irony that the terrible shooting over the weekend took place...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

Cardinal Whirl Resigns

What if there were a terrible scandal in the church and the leading cardinal archbishop...

August 03, 2018

Does This Mean Death for the Death Penalty?

Pope Francis' ruling that the death penalty is inadmissible in all circumstances has raised the...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

The Collusion and Confusion of Catholic Bishops

What is to be made of the increasing moral confusion and seeming collusion of the...

July 19, 2018

What Shall We Make of the Weeping Madonna?

The Washington Post reports here about a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that is...

July 14, 2018

The Trump Blimp and the Roots of Rage

I watched with curiosity the big protest against Trump in London this week. As regular...

July 12, 2018

Understanding Donald Trump

From the beginning I expressed my personal dislike of Donald Trump, and some right wing...

July 09, 2018

Humanity’s Heroic Cave Rescue

Through the marvels of modern technology the whole world is watching the cave rescue in...

July 06, 2018

Does a Supreme Court Justice’s Religion Matter?

Amy Coney Barrett is a Catholic. Not what we might call a Kennedy Catholic or...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Will a Refreshed Supreme Court Ban Abortion?

Abortion advocates are alarmed that, with the replacement of Justice Anthony Kennedy the Supreme Court...

June 05, 2018

Could a Catholic Bake a Cake for a Gay Wedding?

There is an interesting angle to the Supreme Court's decision in favor of the Colorado...

June 01, 2018

How RFK Got a Rosary as He Lay Dying

I found this story from Fox News fascinating. The seventeen year old Hispanic busboy who...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

I’ll Fly Away Oh Glory…in a brand new jet…

CNN reports about prosperity pastor Jesse Duplantis who want the faithful to cough up $54m...

May 29, 2018

Boy Scouts and the Banishment of Boys

My sons go to a camp in North Carolina every summer. This is an old...

May 23, 2018

Jacob Rees Mogg: A Practically Perfect Catholic Politician

Jacob Rees Mogg is a not only a perfect English gentleman of the old school,...

May 19, 2018

A Catholic Anglophile on the Royal Wedding

I guess I can take the label of Catholic Anglophile. I moved to England in...

May 08, 2018

God, a Gala and Gold Plated Chicken Wings

Social media is a wonder because it throws into your face aspects of life you...

May 03, 2018

In Which Sarah Huckabee Sanders Teaches a Bible Verse

This clip from the Daily Caller shows White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders teaching...

April 2018

April 28, 2018

Triumphs and Tragedies -2

The second episode of my twenty part podcast series on the History of the Catholic...

April 28, 2018

What Alfie Evans Unlocked

Now that little Alfie Evans has joined the angels, it is worth looking again at...

April 19, 2018

Church History Podcast

I've started a twenty part podcast series on the history of the Catholic Church. You...

April 03, 2018

Christ Rising and the Death of Fatalism

I was talking philosophy with my college student son the other day and I asked,...

April 02, 2018

The Shroud of Turin: Evidence for Easter

In 2015 when the Holy Shroud of Turin was last on public display I happened...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

The Mystery of the Three Crosses

The three crosses on the hill of Golgotha carry deep symbolic meaning, but you have...

March 30, 2018

How Good Friday Changes Everything

I am sure some philosopher much brainier than me has worked this all out, but...

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