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December 2020

December 17, 2020

No, the COVID Vaccines Do Not Contain Dead Children

We need to talk about the COVID vaccine. The big news of the past...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

Save Lives or Punish People? Which is Pro-Life?

I'm going to have to write about abortion again. I don't like writing about abortion,...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Arroyo, John Legend and the Grinch who Stole Halloween

It's two days til Halloween, which I have frequently opined is one of...

June 2019

June 26, 2019

A Cold-Shouldered Apology to Father Kevin M. Cusick

Some of you may recall that I recently wrote an article about a tweet...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

PBS, Aardvarks, and Indoctrination

People all over the internet are shocked at PBS, for the thousandth time. This time,...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

The Scandal of a God Incarnate

Yet another content warning for my friends who are sensitive to this sort of thing:...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

When the Church is Toxic

I woke up to find out that I had been screenshotted, again. Specifically, this time,...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Is a Do-Not-Resuscitate Killing?

It's been more than eight days since the fiasco at the March for Life. It's...

January 16, 2019

Mary the Door

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

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Glory to the Exiles

There used to be a fascinating museum, in a defunct Catholic school in the...

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

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 21, 2018

Harry Potter and the Misplaced Terrors

They say that history repeats itself. As far as world events, we stand poised on...

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...

September 2018

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...

August 17, 2018

What About the Girls?

There have been a plethora of predictably awful responses to this week's horrendous news...

August 12, 2018

No One is a Bicycle: Why we Need a New Pro-Life Movement

The other day I met a former politician from Rhode Island. I know he was...

August 02, 2018

Why Change the Catechism on the Death Penalty?

It has likely come to your attention that the Holy Father has made a change...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

Weep like Peter, Preach like Magdalene

Let's talk about Mary Magdalene. In the Eastern Church, Mary Magdalene's icon is nice...

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...

May 2018

May 03, 2018

Humming in the Crypt

My most annoying habit is that I hum when I'm sad. I am a...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

The Shepherd who Lays Down His Life

From today's Gospel: Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down...

April 17, 2018

A Clarification of my Recent Remarks, and Why I “Censor” Ethnonationalists

Lately, some very interesting folks have reached out to me with concerns. I would like...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

The Amelia Bedelia Of Interreligious Dialogue

Several weeks ago, I shared my first meditation on the Seven Last Words of...

March 22, 2018

Why are You Wearing That?

I've started wearing a scarf on my head in church. It's not because "it's traditional."...

February 2018

February 04, 2018

A Pro-Life Priest Denounced by a “Pro-Lifer…”

By Father Stephanos Podrano I am a pro-life Catholic, but a pro-life Catholic has denounced...

January 2018

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...

November 2017

November 13, 2017

Fast Food Virtues

I never in a million years thought I'd be defending the Slumgullion-in-chief. I defended...