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September 2013

September 03, 2013

Church, Cults and Common Sense

Last June I wrote this post on cult-like behaviors in society and within religious groups....

September 01, 2013

So Who’s Rich?

Today's gospel readings exhort us to learn humility by helping the poor, but that raises...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

A Theist or Atheist?

HuffPo reports that an atheist in New Jersey has succeeded in getting a license plate...

August 27, 2013

Joel Osteen and Pope Francis

Joel Osteen the prosperity preacher from Houston has just moved up from his $2m mansion...

August 26, 2013

The Joy of Repentance

We celebrate this week the life of that most famous of sinner-saints, St Augustine, who...

August 21, 2013

Will Everyone Eventually Be in Heaven?

Guest blogger Deacon Richard Ballard is the Pastoral Associate at Our Lady of the Rosary...

August 15, 2013

Abortion for a Better Complexion?

I've just had this incredible contribution to the blog combox: As a single career woman...

August 12, 2013

It’s the Beautiful Struggle!

Some years ago I watched an amazing reality TV show. The producers took five men...

August 06, 2013

Call Me an Evangelical Charismatic Liberal Conservative Progressive Traditionalist…

...or call me Catholic. One of my life slogans is the dictum by F.D.Maurce that...

August 05, 2013

Doggies or Dogma?

In working out some theory with our new parish Director of Religious Education we've been...

August 02, 2013

Quick Cool God Proof

Brandon Vogt has posted this neat video which explains the cosmological proof for God's existence....

August 02, 2013

A Non Theistic Christian Priest?

The new dean of Washington's National Cathedral identifies himself here as a "non theistic Christian."...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Pope Francis in Favor of Gay and Women Priests?

Those who complain that the mainstream media doesn't report on church matters should stop complaining....or...

July 26, 2013

Joachim and Anna – Redemption’s Turning Point

In my own journey from Protestant fundamentalism to the Catholic Church the dogma of the...

July 25, 2013

The Curse of Casual Catholicism

Back in April I began a series on What’s Killing American Catholicism. The first post...

July 25, 2013

Mad Rad Trads

What worries me most about the angry comments from traditionalists in my combox is how...

July 24, 2013

Are Traddie Catholics Anti-Semitic?

In a post yesterday I made some generalized observations about traditionalist Catholics. Never mind that...

July 23, 2013

Our Lady — Or Your Lady?

Some years ago I wrote a dialogue book with an old college friend from Bob...

July 23, 2013

Peace and Justice Catholics – Just Aging Hippies?

There seems to be an undefined group of Catholics who some call "Peace and Justice...

July 22, 2013

The Vicar Retires

Guest blogger, The Rev’d Humphrey Blytherington is Vicar of St Hilda’s, Little Snoring with All...

July 22, 2013

The Catholic Faith – Ever Ancient Ever Young

Two events converged for me today. One was the simplicity of celebrating a daily Mass...

July 18, 2013

Satanism and Skinning Your Mom

OK. Don't read this story if you have a weak stomach. To sum it up,...

July 18, 2013

Broken Marriage? It’s Complicated…

I hear all the fuss, alarm and outrage about same sex marriage, but the more...

July 17, 2013

Phony Marriage or Holy Matrimony?

The Daily Telegraph announces here that "gay marriage" is now legal in the United Kingdom...

July 16, 2013

The Roots of Rage

This summer in America has erupted in racially charged protests about the verdict on the...

July 15, 2013

Barefoot Atheist Goes Beserk

Was I writing about the irrational rage that is out there a few days back?...

July 11, 2013

The Pelosi Catholic

I coined a phrase in yesterday's post: The Pelosi Catholic--which prompted this excellent explanation from...

July 10, 2013

Todd Unctuous on Papal Poverty

Guest blogger Todd Unctuous is top commentator for MSM. With a degree in Media...

July 10, 2013

What Kind of Pope Do Liberals Want?

Why are progressive Catholics and the secular press so in love with Pope Francis? Not...

July 10, 2013

Why Are We So Negative?

Here's a secret. When I am thinking of what I should blog about I sometimes...

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