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August 2026

August 18, 2026

The American Pro-Life Movement Lied. Now What?

Abortion rates in the United States have gone up 21%. Yes, I'm going to...

February 2026

February 23, 2026

On Millennials, Purity Culture, and the Epstein Files

I was born in 1984. I'll be forty-two this fall. That makes me a...

May 2025

May 05, 2025

A Word on that Image of Trump as the Pope

I guess I need to say something about the tacky AI image of Donald...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

What it Means to be A Communion of Saints

I remembered this weekend that most everybody likes to know facts about the lives of...

September 2022

September 23, 2022

A Mother, Without Violence

I saw her again the other day. Mary, the Mother of God....

September 02, 2022

In Search of the Light Yoke

On Sunday, as you know, I was sick. On Monday and Tuesday, the horrible...

August 2022

August 11, 2022

A Survey, A Synod and a Carthusian Fruitcake

My veteran readers may recall that I am fond of surveys. I like to have...

July 2022

July 29, 2022

The Woman on the Wall

I woke up to the purring of a black cat who was climbing on...

June 2022

June 11, 2022

A Toad and a Creepy Thing

I do my best thinking when I garden. Gardening is where I meditate and contemplate...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

A Word on the March for Life

Today is the annual March for Life. For the life of me, I don't understand...

January 20, 2022

The Reputation They Deserve

Yesterdays I saw the news that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will be putting certain...

January 06, 2022

“Do They Take Girls Who Are Sterile?”

There was a girl at our church who had cancer. I don't know why...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

Where Charity And Love Are, and Where They Are Not

Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est. Where charity and love...

December 01, 2021

Contra the Catholic League on World AIDS Day

I was not aware it was World AIDS Day. I was reminded that it's...

November 2021

November 01, 2021

The Saints Are Our Mothers

It's All Saints' Day. What can I say about the Communion of Saints? The Communion...

October 2021

October 30, 2021

God Is Not An Abusive Father

It all started when a disgusting person was being characteristically disgusting on Twitter. I don't...

October 01, 2021

In Praise of Leonie Martin

Saint Therese is a wonderful saint, though she's not someone I feel very close...

September 2021

September 25, 2021

Abuse, the Rosary, and an Old-Fashioned Social Media Pile-On

A friend, a devout Catholic, mentioned on that a new confessor had told her...

September 02, 2021

Two Bad Takes on the Texas Abortion Bill

I want to say a few words about the new abortion law in Texas. As...

July 2021

July 24, 2021

Yet Another Take on The Pillar and Monsignor Burrill

The last thing you need is another take on the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill...

July 13, 2021

Instruct the Ignorant: An Excerpt from Stumbling into Grace

The following is a sample chapter from my book, Stumbling into Grace: How We...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

A Word on the USCCB, Who Want To Teach Us About the Eucharist

A lot went on in the past week or two that I wanted to write...

June 15, 2021

The Tale of the Monsignor and the Quinceañera Dress

We are nearing the two-year anniversary of my smackdown with Father Kevin. And it's just...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

If They Don’t Come Back to Mass…

It has been about fifteen months since the first COVID-19 death in America. About fourteen...

May 23, 2021

The Spirit Doesn’t Hurt

We were running errands when we stopped by the church. This is what we do...

May 20, 2021

The Swallowtail

I had to buy coffee, so I went out early. And then I decided that...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Nobody’s Sister and Nobody’s Child

I must admit I had about two weeks feeling exceptionally shaky since the Father...

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...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Maybe I’ll Drive to Church

We are buying a car on Saturday. Well, maybe not. There are a million...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

A Response to the USCCB’s Dangerous Twitter Thread

I want to say a few words about The Equality Act, and about...