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August 2021

August 19, 2021

Refugees, Xenophobia and a Word From Old Scratch

A couple of years ago I got on the Steubenville city bus. The...

July 2021

July 08, 2021

If Your Portal Offends You

A couple of weeks ago, a young woman I know on Twitter posted a...

February 2021

February 22, 2021

The Preppers, the Can Opener, and the Plight of the Homeless

I've just discovered a whole catalog of things that will be great for helping the...

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...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

No, Christmas is Not Canceled

The War on Christmas seems to get earlier every year. It seems that today, a...

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...

September 06, 2020

Rod Dreher, Drunk Driving, and the Problem of White Privilege

I just read Rod Dreher's unbelievably racist, ugly, self-satisfied essay "Moral Order and Civil Conflict"...

March 2020

March 23, 2020

A Disastrous Sentimentalism Indeed: First Things’s R. R. Reno Jumps the Shark

This afternoon I came across an article by R. R. Reno, the supposedly pro-life editor...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Benedict, Sarah, Francis, and the Case of the Exploding Pope

Catholic social media erupted that Cardinal Sarah & Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were publishing a...

December 2019

December 27, 2019

Christ the Refugee and Other Things that Shouldn’t be Controversial

On the second day of Christmas yesterday, it began as usual: the annual insistence...

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

Chick-Fil-A, the Culture War, and Authentic Christianity

I remember full well when Christians decided that it was a work of mercy...

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 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...

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...

October 24, 2019

Who Killed Jesus? A Most Curious Mystery

The past couple of days, I have discovered a bit of a mystery: nobody knows...

October 23, 2019

No, You Are Not Cristeros

I've seen a lot of talk about the Cristeros War lately, for all the...

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...

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 23, 2019

Saint Paul’s Letter to the Misogynists of Catholic Twitter

At the end of last week, there was a kerfuffle on Twitter, when some Catholic...

August 05, 2019

No, Video Games Do Not Cause Mass Shootings

I guess it's time for a flashback to the 90s. Politicians are claiming that video...

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...

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...

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...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

The Worst Thing a Priest Can Say to an Abuse Survivor

A friend posted the following commentary today, about the experience of a mutual friend of...

March 10, 2019

Aleteia White-Washes Slavery

Today, I read an article over on Aleteia that made my jaw drop. As an...