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June 2011

June 26, 2011

Sentimentalism and Subjectivity

A commenter on my post on artificiality has observed that Catholicism has it's share of...

June 25, 2011

Artificial or Authentic

A reader observes and agrees with my comments on the artificiality of America, but asks...

June 25, 2011

America the Artificial

After taking in the excitement of Universal Studios for two days with the family I...

June 24, 2011

True Grit

They got me True Grit on DVD for my birthday, and I watched it a...

June 20, 2011

When a Priest’s Accused

I have no doubt that some of the priests who are now on 'administrative leave'...

June 19, 2011

Holy Trinity and Holy Fathers

I'm living in England and the parish priest asks me to take a confirmation class....

June 17, 2011

Mantilla Spots a Biretta

Guest blogger Mantilla Amontillado is the founder of Veritas Vestments. She holds a degree in...

May 2011

May 22, 2011

Way, Truth and Life – A Little Trinity

When Jesus Christ says, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one...

May 21, 2011

The Sin of Schism

Mohammed by Salvador DaliI'm still working my way through Anthony Esolen's excellent translation of Dante's...

May 20, 2011

The Catholic Church and Private Revelation

A friend tells me it is Saturday already in Japan, and no one is reporting...

May 06, 2011

Conspiracy Theories are Self contradictory

Conspiracy theories are a waste of time because they are internally self contradictory.They are internally...

May 05, 2011

Why There is No Conspiracy

I'm already hearing of the conspiracy theories around Bin Laden's death: "he's not really dead....

April 2011

April 29, 2011

Be Kind to Animals

Don't you be callin' me 'pet'!An Oxford theologian has written a paper saying that we...

April 28, 2011

Le Jongleur de Dieu

I've had a very interesting email from a fellow who makes his living as a...

April 28, 2011

A Serious Post About Women Priests

G.K.Chesterton said it is all well and good to have an open mind, but the...

April 24, 2011

Cannibals, Crocodiles and Corpses

An excerpt from my book Adventures in Orthodoxy--Twenty Short Chapters on the Apostles' Creed. ...

April 23, 2011

Evidence and Belief

Intrigued by the Holy Face of Manoppello, I went online to do a bit more...

April 22, 2011

I Scream Therefore I Am

People wonder how a good God can allow suffering in the world, and that somehow...

April 21, 2011

The Face of God

Paul Badde's book The Face of God makes a good read for the Easter season....

April 21, 2011

AmChurch in Decline

Here's an article stating what we already knew: the Catholic Church in America is declining...

April 15, 2011

America the Literal

In 1979 I left America to study and live in England. I stayed there for...

April 14, 2011

Priestly Personality and Unity

My friend Fr Christopher Smith writes here about the five different Catholic parishes in a...

April 14, 2011

Primitivism and Progressivism

Here are two 'isms' that plague the church: primitivism and progressivism. They can be defined...

April 12, 2011

The English Language

"The English use language as a poem even when they're being practical, but the Americans...

April 11, 2011

Of Saints Celebrities and Superheroes

I have met some saints. I mean real saints, not just, "Oh, Mildred Horton, she's...

April 10, 2011

Girl Altar Servers?

This article on 'What I Say to My Altar Servers' posted at InsideCatholic has led...

April 09, 2011

One of Those Nice Co Incidences

Sister Mary Lucy Reynolds was my friend. She was born Dorothy Reynolds in 1932 and...

April 08, 2011

Standing Up Against Sexism

I have been challenged by a commenter to 'stand up against sexism'. I have to...

April 08, 2011

Of Anchorites and Stylites in Lent

I have never understood the aversion most Christians have to fasting. Say the word 'fasting'...

April 08, 2011

Six Famous Converts to Catholicism

Go here for a fascinating article on famous converts. The combox includes much more. Meantime,...

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