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January 18, 2024

What if Hell is Empty?

Recently, Pope Francis gave an opinion about hell. It was a hopeful opinion, very mildly...

April 2021

April 02, 2021

Good Friday and the Scandal of Christ the Victim

Yesterday I re-posted my piece on Christ as a victim of sexual abuse, drawing on...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

Abby Johnson’s Downfall and the Heresy of Americanism

Let's say you were a public practicing Catholic, famous for your conversion to Catholicism, and...

December 13, 2020

The Jericho March is a Sad Testimony to the State of American Christianity

I didn't watch the entire "Jericho March" that took place in Washington yesterday. I read...

December 09, 2020

Christians Have A Responsibility During the Eviction Crisis

Today, on social media, I saw a short video that is a grim sign of...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

My Response to Last Night’s Debate Fiasco

Last night I live-tweeted the first presidential debate. I still don't know why I did...

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...

May 2020

May 16, 2020

La Belle Eden

I should have been writing this week, but instead I was in the garden....

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 19, 2020

About the 22 Catholic Factions

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

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...

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...

October 15, 2019

A Faithful Catholic Priest is Under Attack

On Facebook tonight, my friend the Benedictine monk Father Stephanos Pedrano was attacked by a...

October 14, 2019

Matt Walsh, Christopher Columbus, and the Erasure of Indigenous Americans

I don't usually pay attention to Matt Walsh, because he irritates me. But sometimes while...

October 02, 2019

Abby Johnson Doubles Down on Racism and Attacks a Priest

On Monday, I expressed my horror at Abby Johnson's unprovoked attack on the...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Abby Johnson’s Racist Rant is a Disgrace

Just once, I want to see a pro-life leader behaving themselves ethically. I have...

September 21, 2019

Still More Wars for Mammon’s Sake

It seems the president has found a form of pollution he doesn't like, and that...

September 04, 2019

Fear is Not a Virtue, and Fairy Tales are Harmless

As predicted, I've gotten quite a bit of feedback on my post from yesterday about...

September 03, 2019

Dear Father Reehill: Harry Potter Isn’t Real

I don't want to talk about Harry Potter. I don't like the Harry Potter...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

An Update on the Purported Apparitions in Argyle, Texas

Almost exactly a month ago now, I wrote about the alleged Marian apparitions happening in...

August 27, 2019

For the Record, Anti-Semitism is Real

Sometimes I don't write about something that's important, because I feel I have nothing...

July 2019

July 14, 2019

Why I’m Not Calling Mike Pence a Fake Christian

I saw videos circling the internet-- the video footage of Mike Pence in a black...

July 07, 2019

A Drunk, an Exorcism, and a Flippant Seminarian

It's been a rough twenty-four hours on the internet. It started Friday evening, with a...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Compassion, Victim-Blaming and Apologetics: A Reply to Dave Armstrong

I'm a little too young to understand how Dave Armstrong got famous in the...

June 23, 2019

Here’s What You Can Do To Help Imprisoned Migrants

Today is the Latin Catholic feast of Corpus Christi. A certain percentage of my fans...

June 20, 2019

Where Love and Loving-kindness Are

I was downtown again, with an hour to kill. Rosie was at her martial arts...

June 14, 2019

With Gratitude to my Spam Filter

We've been talking about sexual abuse and harassment in the Church for quite some time...

June 12, 2019

Why Are They Leaving? A Response to the USCCB

I am watching the Twitter feed of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

Ohio Bill Could Kill Women With Ectopic Pregnancies

You have surely heard by now that Georgia passed an extremely strict "heartbeat bill,"...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

More on Christ the Victim, And the Necessity of Speaking Out

I was going to let the trolls take over the combox and retire on...