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May 2015

May 21, 2015

Why Do So Many People Misunderstand Pope Francis?

My article at Aleteia this week explores the communications problems Pope Francis is having. This...

May 21, 2015

Pagans or Puritans…You Choose

You might remember that in C.S.Lewis' Narnia stories Mr Tumnus the Faun recounts how they...

May 20, 2015

Tied Up in the Blame Game?

I've written a fair bit about the immature reactions of blaming other for our problems....

May 20, 2015

Top 12 Catholic Beards

Here's a grand post with pictures of the top eleven Catholic beards. As it happens,...

May 20, 2015

Hypocrites or Heroes?

You know the old story: An old guy grumbles to the priest, "I don't come...

May 20, 2015

The Crisis in German Catholicism

George Weigel shoots straight here about the crisis in German Catholicism. There is a fundamental...

May 20, 2015

Ten Reasons Why Shakespeare Was Catholic

There are probably no greater academic debating topics than the mysterious life of the Bard...

May 19, 2015

Atheism is Just So… Dull

It occurred to me the other day that one of the things that is so...

May 19, 2015

The Smoke of Satan…

From the Archives There are many problems in the Catholic Church that might be thought...

May 19, 2015

Are the German Bishops Too Anglican?

My latest article for National Catholic Register draws uncomfortable parallels between the comfy church-state relationship...

May 16, 2015

Armadeddon Outta Here…

My essay for Imaginative Conservative this week called "Apocalypse Now and Then" focuses on the...

May 16, 2015

I’ll Fly Away Oh Glory…

For Ascensiontide, today's post is an excerpt from my book The Quest for the Creed. We...

May 15, 2015

Me and B.B. King

I was a vicar on the Isle of Wight in England when I was asked...

May 15, 2015

Chasing Chastity

A little quote from Pope St John Paul II has changed my perspective and my...

May 14, 2015

Pope Francis and the Prophecies of Fatima

My article at Aleteia this week continues my meditations on the messages of Fatima, but...

May 13, 2015

Fatima’s Vision of Hell

It is sobering to remember that the visions of Fatima are not just the wishful...

May 13, 2015

Washington Post Says the Obvious About Hillary

Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post today points out the obvious about Hillary: "Once again...

May 13, 2015

2017, Fatima and the End of the World

Today Catholics celebrate the anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three...

May 12, 2015

Modernism is Madness

You know the definition of insanity - when you repeat the same action over and...

May 12, 2015

Why Are The “Nones” Leaving Religion?

Everybody's buzzing about this new survey which charts the decline of institutionalized religion in the...

May 12, 2015

How Does God Answer Prayer?

A reader writes to ask if it is wrong to pray to God that his...

May 11, 2015

It’s the ACTS of the Apostles, People!

One of the things which gets me charged up during the Easter season are all...

May 10, 2015

Relativism and the Antichrist

My essay this week at Imaginative Conservative explains why "the dictatorship of relativism" is not...

May 10, 2015

When Preaching Seems Pointless

Quite often when the decadence of our society and the breakdown of marriage is discussed...

May 08, 2015

Blessed Virgin Mary – Higher Than Any Created Being?

Catholic praise God that the Blessed Virgin Mary is higher than any other created being....

May 08, 2015

From the Pious Puppy Dog…

...Good Lord Deliver Us I hope you will excuse me from venting, but has anybody...

May 08, 2015

The Satanic Coloring Book for Kids?

Last week a book arrived on my desk which is truly disturbing. It's called The Satanic...

May 07, 2015

Five Reasons Why “Back to the Basics” Churches Stumble

There's always a tendency in religion to want to get back to the original--to return...

May 07, 2015

Why Religious People Are Worse Than Darth Vader

The teacher in my screenwriting class said, "To create a believable villain you have to...

May 06, 2015

Did I Become Catholic Because I Hate Women?

In 1995 I resigned as a Vicar in the Church of England, and I and my...

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