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August 2020

August 28, 2020

Every Town is Money

Today is the Roman Catholic feast of Saint Augustine, who was an African man with...

October 2019

October 10, 2019

The Legacy of Trump is a Genocide

As I write this, Turkey is murdering our Kurdish former allies, and we are...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Why Ask What Martin Luther King Would Have Wanted?

Today is Martin Luther King Junior Day. Today is the day that bloggers are...

June 2018

June 04, 2018

Christ is Coming to Heal the World

It has not been a good weekend. Rosie came down with a fever and the...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

Seven Last Words: I Thirst

He thirsts. Knowing that everything had been accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled,...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Seven Last Words: Behold Your Son, Behold Your Mother

When Jesus saw His mother standing there, He said "Woman, behold thy son." He said...

February 16, 2018

No Surprises, Only Grief, at the Parkland Massacre

It is now just after midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, on February Sixteenth. That means that,...

October 2017

October 10, 2017

A Reader Asks: Is the Eucharist Cannibalism?

A friend had a question: what do I say to a person, who is soon to...

September 2017

September 25, 2017

Before you Compare Yourself to Saint Catherine of Siena…

So, you're Catholic and you wanna correct the Pope? And you wanna clap back...

September 19, 2017

The Table and the Cross

Lately, anything to do with Catholics has felt like dysfunctional family dinners.

August 2017

August 19, 2017

If This Is Really About Honoring the Old South…

I received a comment to the effect that taking down municipal statues of Confederate generals is...

August 13, 2017

An Eyewitness Account of the Charlottesville Attack

A white woman paced the street, hand on her hip, shouting "Where are the police?"...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

“We Don’t Pray for Catholics!”

Nataly lived in Ukraine for fourteen years, and in Russia before that. You wouldn't know...

April 2017

April 15, 2017

The God of Broken People

My friend Theresa posted a question on Facebook yesterday. "Can anyone remember which saint had...

April 14, 2017

Saint Dismas

Somewhere, they are lifting up the evening sacrifice. Scarlet stains the stone before the Holy...

April 13, 2017

On Holy Thursday, and the MOAB Bomb

Today, Christians all over the world are celebrating Holy Thursday, the Thursday of the Last...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross You...

March 24, 2017

The Eighth Station: Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless, You, because by Your holy cross you...

March 08, 2017

The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy Cross you have...

March 01, 2017

The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your Holy Cross You...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

What is War?

This is what war is. Don't skip that video. It's less than a minute long....

January 2017

January 07, 2017

The Sign of the Tau: On the Death of Father Mike Scanlan

I just got back from a pilgrimage, and found that Father Mike Scanlan was dead. ...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

A Modest Proposal For Dan Miller’s Facebook Page

Some of you may have heard that Dan Miller, the director of an outfit calling itself...

December 24, 2016

And the Word Became Flesh

If you are disappointed this Christmas, I understand. If you are lonely and depressed,...

December 23, 2016

Nukes Are Not Pro-Life

I don't really want to have to say this. I like writing prose poems about...

December 21, 2016

I Don’t Believe in Sky Daddy Either

Blogging for Patheos, you meet a lot of atheists. In fact, if you're on the...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Father Pavone’s Desecrated Infant May Be 30 Years Old

Today I was contacted by Catholic blogger Vickie Armstrong of A Catholic Mind-For...

November 08, 2016

An Open Letter To Bishop Patrick Zurek

Dear Bishop Zurek, I am writing to urge you to discipline Father Frank Pavone...

November 07, 2016

An Open Letter on The Ecclesiastical Treatment of Human Remains

My Fellow Priest: If you recover the body of a murder victim, please proceed...

November 07, 2016

Father Pavone Treats Naked Human Remains As Photo Prop

I seriously, seriously did not want to write about this man again. Let me ask...