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April 2017

April 21, 2017

How to Be a Catholic Tree Hugger

The Holy Father Pope Francis exhorted us all to be better stewards of the earth's...

April 21, 2017

Renewal, Roots and Rain

"Mine O Thou Lord of Life. Send my roots rain." wrote G.M.Hopkins in a poignant...

April 21, 2017

Reformation or Revolution?

As we approach the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation there are...

April 18, 2017

Fideism R Us

There is a funny sort of fideism around which is a popular form of a philosophical...

April 18, 2017

Free Wil…from Debt

Did you know that college debt keeps a large number of men and women from...

April 17, 2017

Is Easter the Religion of the Goddess Ishtar?

The weary old theory that Christianity is just paganism warmed up always circulates around this...

April 17, 2017

Why Christianity Is Unique

It is fashionable to think that all religions are pretty much the same. They teach...

April 15, 2017

Where Did Judas and Jesus Go?

I remember a sweet story told by an Anglican bishop about Jesus' descent into Hell. The...

April 14, 2017

My Scene in The Passion of the Christ

If you are watching Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ, did you know I am...

April 14, 2017

National Catholic Reporter Praises Brutalist Architecture!

The tired and emotional progressives at National Catholic Reporter have published a piece which actually praises...

April 13, 2017

Why the Vatican Sounds Increasingly Anglican

When I was a priest in the Church of England the authorities introduced a delightfully...

April 11, 2017

Mary: You Complete Me

When I was in Oklahoma a few weeks ago some good folks from the parish...

April 05, 2017

More Muslim Babies Than Christian…

Wall Street Journal reports here today: Within 20 years, more babies will be born to...

April 05, 2017

US Court Equates Gay Rights with Civil Rights

This article from Slate outlines the arguments the 7th Circuit Court has made regarding the...

April 05, 2017

10 Steps to Perfect Peace

Here are 10 things you can pursue to not only avoid sin, but to lead...

April 04, 2017

Can a Catholic Support Trump’s Wall?

Over at CRUX John Allen speculates on how the American bishops might push the envelope...

April 04, 2017

Waste, Shame and Dante’s Legacy of Hope

In re-reading Dante for Lent I am reminded of the legacy of waste and shame...

April 03, 2017

Protestantism and Pop Psychology

Somebody has quipped, "America is a Protestant country. Even the Catholics are Protestant." It can't...

April 01, 2017

Pope Francis Joins Anglicans

It was announced on the first of this month that after attending Evensong in St...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Is California’s Attorney General A Holocaust Denier?

The Federalist reports here on California's attempt to throw pro life campaigner David Daleiden in prison...

March 29, 2017

The Flaw in the Benedict Option

Writing for The Federalist Luma Simms offers her own stark critique of Rod Dreher's Benedict Option. For those...

March 13, 2017

The Circles of Sin – 2 – The Wrathful

I am recording my homilies for Lent--a series on sin based on Dante's Inferno. The...

March 10, 2017

Ten Things to Remember About Married Catholic Priests

Pope Francis has said that he may consider the ordination of some married men. There...

March 10, 2017

Are Married Priests the Magic Bullet?

People have asked my opinion about Pope Francis' suggestion that maybe ordaining older married men...

March 09, 2017

Is Eternity Forever?

Someone wondered the other day why hell had to last for all eternity. Wasn't that...

March 08, 2017

Slubgrip on Individualism

My Lent book, Slubgrip Instructs is laid out with one reading per day from Shrove Tuesday through...

March 08, 2017

Catholic Schools and Dante’s Deep Divide

C.S.Lewis' friend Dorothy Sayers was one of the great translators of Dante's Divine Comedy. Her version includes excellent...

March 07, 2017

Jiminy Cricket Theology

The other day I had a conversation with an intelligent, well educated young woman who...

March 06, 2017

Puppies, Kittens and the Circles of Sin

It occurred to me that one of the reasons so few Catholics go to confession...

March 05, 2017

A Schism in the Catholic Church?

The modern Catholic Church is already in schism, but it is an internal schism, hidden...

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