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January 24, 2021

My Response to Father Stephen Imbarrato’s Libel

As a rule, I do not suggest that you look at the Patheos Catholic Facebook...

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November 17, 2020

If You’re Going to Give to the Needy…

It's mid-November. Advent is beginning in Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches; the rest...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

And This A Holy Summer

Have you ever built a wire fence by hand? I'm not going to tell...

March 2020

March 14, 2020

A Word on Church and a Word on Hoarding

It's Saturday, when I would usually be running out the door to a vigil Mass,...

March 02, 2020

What it Means When You Say “It’s Not a Big Deal if You’re Healthy”

When I was a teenager, I knew a family that was staunchly pro-life: they prayed...

February 2020

February 02, 2020

Sweatpants, Disability and a Mean Twitter Priest

I know I shouldn't pay attention to crabby priests on Twitter. They are a...

January 2020

January 03, 2020

A Prayer Under a Blood-Red Sky

It has not been a good year, so far. Australia is burning, and has been...

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 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...

October 2019

October 10, 2019

Abby Johnson, Rehumanize, and The Ongoing Scandal

I know I said I'd get away from the topic of Abby Johnson's public...

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 26, 2019

Dwight Longenecker, Greta Thunberg, and the Question of Bullying

In the mess of the impeachment news, I was forced to overlook a story...

September 19, 2019

The Case of the Kindly Mower

It was bright daylight outside, but not inside. Inside, it was dark. I was sitting...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Notes from the Friendship Room

First of all, a few days ago they wrote: "We respectfully request that people...

July 2019

July 06, 2019

The Ecology of Motherhood

I took Rosie on a shopping expedition. She spent most of the bus trip chattering...

June 2019

June 10, 2019

The Curious Offense of the Fat Mannequin

People will make a mountain out of any molehill, particularly if the molehill is fat...

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...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

A Spendthrift and her Coat

I really needed a new coat. I'd had the same black one for about four...

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,...

February 13, 2019

What is a Sodomite, Anyway?

Last night I got into an argument with someone who kept talking about "Sodomites." He...

February 05, 2019

I, Myself, an Icon

It has been a whole year since I've been to an Eastern Divine Liturgy....

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Am I Ashamed to be White?

My skin is fair. I know this, because it's the name on the label...

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 17, 2019

To Anyone Going to the March for Life This Year

I have two things to say for anyone attending the March For Life in...

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 15, 2018

What I Wish Someone had Told me About Chronic Illness

There is something I wish people would have told me, when I first came down...

October 11, 2018

A Sermon Wrapped in a Scarf

There was a sale, awhile ago, at one of my favorite online shops, the...

October 08, 2018

What Not to Say When Someone Tells You They’re Leaving the Church

This post is yet another of those things I wish I never had to say. ...