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January 2019

January 26, 2019

An Apology for My Harsh Words

People have informed me that I've been too harsh. They have quoted the Catechism...

January 24, 2019

Boys Will Be Boys, Girls Will Be Shamed

Weeks ago, I wanted to talk about the priestly sexual battery case in my...

January 23, 2019

My Thoughts on the Reported National Basilica Invasion

Early yesterday I was naively thinking: let's pretend a Catholic priest who happened to...

January 18, 2019

The Pro-Life Movement and the Abduction of Baby Hitler

As I feel that I have said a thousand times on this blog, I...

January 16, 2019

Mary the Door

A couple days ago now, I talked about my upbringing among Apparition Chasers fascinated...

January 14, 2019

They Had Heard No Thunder

My mother had a lurid fascination with apparitions. Most every Catholic I knew was...

January 05, 2019

Are You Condoning Democratic Socialism?

Comments, I get comments. I get comments in the form of questions. Today, after I...

January 03, 2019

Will Regnum Christi Tolerate Public Anti-Semitism by Their Coworkers?

Every time I write about Regnum Christi, the lay arm of the Legion of...

December 2018

December 11, 2018

On Jesus, Gingerbread and the Question of Alphas

People are still up in arms about gingerbread. Somehow, my calling out of Dr. Taylor...

December 08, 2018

No, Dr. Marshall, Gingerbread is not Effeminate

On today's episode of What Public Catholics are Angry About Now: Dr. Taylor Marshall is...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

A Parade, a Kiss, and a Longing for the Beautiful

Thanksgiving. I've been wanting to write something Thanksgiving-themed all week but I got so...

November 23, 2018

What is the Work of the Devil?

Yesterday I had a blast from the past and found myself insisting that Harry Potter...

October 2018

October 21, 2018

The Church Ought Not to be a Torture Test

I don't know how to tell you that you shouldn't mock people in spiritual...

October 19, 2018

Anthony Esolen, the Irreal, and Sexual Violence

Just a few days ago, I found that a crank of my acquaintance had...

October 18, 2018

The Two Worst Pro-Life Witnesses This Week

I am more than frustrated with my fellow Catholics just now. First of all,...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Celibacy and Priesthood: Contra Dwight Longenecker

Father Dwight Longenecker is at it again. He has written an extremely uncharitable and smug...

August 19, 2018

A Smoldering Wick In Church

All things considered, it has been a hell of a weak. I'm not swearing there;...

August 10, 2018

A Lavender Herring: Who is to Blame for Priestly Sexual Abuse?

I don't think there's some kind of secret gay cabal in the Church. In...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

It’s Not Enough to be a Humanae Vitae Family

This is the week of the year where I'm supposed to say something about birth...

July 21, 2018

Virginity, Pornography and Vocations: In Dialogue with David Upham

Somehow I've attracted the ire of no less than Professor David Upham. Up until...

July 04, 2018

Lilian Vogl Declares Independence from the American Solidarity Party

(Lilian Vogl is a friend of mine who recently posted this note on her Facebook...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Two Mothers

For awhile, we were in a parish with two rival homeschool groups. One was led...

June 08, 2018

How Not to Respond to a Suicide

I am not familiar with Anthony Bourdain. I didn't know anything about him until...

June 07, 2018

The Trouble with Warriors

Among the movies we were allowed and encouraged to watch growing up, were the...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

A Non-Apology and a Response from a Catholic Feminist

I received an apology early this afternoon. Well, something made to look like...

May 09, 2018

Seven Steps to a Catholic What?

The other day, I saw a post in the a group of traditionalist Catholic would-be...

April 2018

April 14, 2018

Yes, Mr. Arroyo, Youths Can Know God

Yes, I've seen the clip. As many of you already know, Raymond Arroyo, a...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

A Brief Word on the American Solidarity Party

I am not a member of the American Solidarity Party. I greatly respect my hardworking...

January 23, 2018

That Bickering Body

What's on my mind, Facebook? Well, it's a little too long for a status. My...

January 09, 2018

No, Mindfulness Is Not Satanic

Written by Robert Miole Mark Shea recently posted about the latest ‘Satanic panic’ piece published...