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February 2024

February 01, 2024

No, Married Priests will not Solve the Abuse Crisis

They've been talking about married priests on X/Twitter lately. A Vatican official brought up ending...

July 2021

July 06, 2021

Purity, Victim-Blaming and Martyrs: What If We Told the Truth?

A note to my readers who are victims of abuse: I'm going to talk...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

On Birds and Bees, Gila Monsters and Chastity

I gave Rosie the talk about the birds and the bees. This happened a bit...

March 16, 2021

To Those Who Gloat When LGBTQ People Leave the Church

I have a message for the Catholics around me who responded to the Vatican...

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Fifty Years Ago, If a Guy Said to a Girl…

I don't usually comment on "The Transformed Wife," whose real name is Lori Alexander. I...

November 2019

November 07, 2019

Who are the Real “Nones?” A Reply to Bishop Barron

Sometimes, even though I ought to be used to it by now, I am overwhelmed...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

If Women Had Faces

There are so many serious things to talk about today. A million and one grave...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

Father Leo Patalinghug’s Unchaste Aerobics

I don't usually pay much mind to Father Leo Patalinghug. He's just one of those...

July 2019

July 09, 2019

A Seminarian and Survivor Addresses the Abuse Crisis

[Blogger's note: this piece was submitted to me by someone I've verified is a...

June 2019

June 03, 2019

To the Priest who Embarrassed a Woman with Bare Shoulders

I am new to Catholic Twitter, and not sure I like it. Every day there...

May 2019

May 03, 2019

Women are not Poison to Seminarians’ Formation

I had an odd conversation with a priest, after I posted my article about the...

February 2019

February 18, 2019

How Ought We Respond to the Times Article on Gay Priests?

I'm going to have the comments off today, because I'm going to talk about a...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

When the Victim is Female…

It was only a matter of time before the defenses started. Yesterday it was brought...

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...

October 2018

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 04, 2018

We Might All Try Respecting Each Other

There's an odd political cartoon going the rounds on facebook. No, I'm not talking about...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

Sexual Assault is not a Teenage Rite of Passage

I have heard many different responses to the accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Most of...

September 08, 2018

Eleven Things That Definitely Won’t Stop Priestly Sexual Abuse

First of all, pretending that sexual abuse never happens will not stop sexual abuse,...

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...

July 2018

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 17, 2018

Who Cares What Men Prefer?

It seems like everyone is up in arms about "The Transformed Wife." For those...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

By My Magnanimous Leave: How to ask Someone on a Date

Apparently it's time to talk etiquette with the Marchioness of Manners, Mary Pezzulo, once again....

May 21, 2018

When a Girl Says “No…”

The conversation happened when I was an awkward, ugly, bookish teenager, ridiculously well-read but...

May 01, 2018

Chastity, Incels, And Good Catholic Men

There's been a lot of talk about "incels" lately. "Incel," as you may have...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

What Does Modesty Have to do With It?

A surprising number of people have responded to the story about the sexual harassment...

April 16, 2018

Franciscan University, Title IX, and the Objectification of Women

There is a weird attitude I've encountered all around Steubenville, that defending Franciscan University...