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June 2020

June 06, 2020

If You Cannot See Christ in This Dead Child…

Today I am angry. I am angry and tired of seeing my fellow white Christians...

June 05, 2020

George Floyd and the American Apocalypse

A friend on social media reminded me that the word "apocalypse" is Greek for "revelation."...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

If You’re Angry About the Looting of a Target Store

If you are angry about the looting of a Target store, I'm not going to...

May 21, 2020

In a World of Poison

I went on a hike with Rosie. The last time we went, it was...

May 12, 2020

Courage, Cowardice and COVID: Contra R. R. Reno

First Things editor R. R. Reno, who as far as I can tell from his...

May 10, 2020

COVID, Sunday Mass, and Sins of Omission

We've all been struggling with the COVID pandemic for months now. People are, understandably, restless....

May 01, 2020

Faith Is A Thing That Holds

It's the first day of May. The narcissus have bloomed, fallen over and died, as...

March 2020

March 01, 2020

No, Lent is Not About Hurting Yourself

It happened again this Lent as always: the anxious Ash Wednesday discussion about fasting and...

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...

February 19, 2020

About the 22 Catholic Factions

I apologize once again for the radio static this month. The fibro had been...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Violence, Gaslighting and Flying Monkeys: How Abusers Manipulate their Communities

I want to say a few words about gaslighting, and about how abusive people manipulate...

January 22, 2020

Why the Legionaries of Christ Cannot be Reformed

No doubt many of you have read the shocking article in the Associated Press,...

January 09, 2020

I Voted Democrat Because I Am Pro-Life

They told me I had to vote Republican, because Republicans were pro-life. For awhile,...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

The Legionaries of Christ Report: All I Can Ask Is, “Why?”

The lay arm of the Legionaries of Christ is called Regnum Christi, and the...

December 20, 2019

The Question of Feel-Good Stories

Today, my friends were sharing one of those "feel-good" stories that isn't actually very good....

December 17, 2019

What Did You Come Out To See?

The lady who gives us rides to church used to live in France. She came...

December 13, 2019

On the Tragic Death of Alana Chen

Last night I was horrified to read the story of a beautiful young woman named...

December 11, 2019

Where do You Turn When You Turn to God?

I have felt without a home lately. I still long to go to an Eastern...

December 08, 2019

Caroll Spinney has Died

Today, we're all digesting the sad news that Sesame Street's legendary Caroll Spinney, the...

December 04, 2019

Further Notes on the Delay of the Sheen Beatification

As I write this, there has still been absolutely no confirmed, official story of why...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

Rod Dreher, Saint Benedict, and the Case of the Ignorant Secretary

People are still up in arms about Chick-fil-A. Conservative Christian commentators are furious. Rod Dreher...

November 19, 2019

More on Ecological Sin: Can an Ecological Sin be Mortal?

The first time I learned that our ecological choices can hurt people, I was...

November 18, 2019

No, Father Valanmanal, Autism is Not a Punishment

My Patheos colleague, Father Matthew Schneider, is an autistic priest. This summer he wrote a...

November 17, 2019

How Can Someone Sin Against Ecology?

I've seen a lot of people balking at the idea of a "sin against ecology"...

November 16, 2019

After the Drive, the Flare-Up

The whole time I've been learning to drive, I was terrified that I'd hurt...

November 11, 2019

About That New Idol in the Colosseum…

I regard reading LifeSite News the same way I regard changing diapers: I don't...

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...

November 06, 2019

Mrs. Laurent Goes to Purgatory: A Meditation for All Souls

From the third to the fifth grade, I attended a school called Our Lady...

November 03, 2019

A Shocking Decoration from a Weirton Officer

If you read my work at all, it is probably obvious to you at...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Sister Angeline and the Demons in the Rafters

The convent chapel was ugly, the ugliest I've ever seen. The walls were some...