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July 2025

July 22, 2025

Abusers are Alike: The Abuse Crisis and the Epstein Files

I'm afraid we need to talk about the Epstein Files again. As you no doubt...

July 16, 2024

Another Word on Saturday’s Assassination Attempt

The news is moving at a breakneck pace, so I just want to quickly write...

July 13, 2024

A Word on the Shooting in Pennsylvania

I had another post for today: a political one, in fact. I'll get around...

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Notes on the Eclipse (Don’t tell Bishop Strickland)

Hi, kids! It's Professor Mary, here to tell you about the exciting astronomical even that's...

March 2024

March 08, 2024

Is Church Militant Becoming Truth Army?

Hey folks! Today, I'm honored to be writing over at "Where Peter Is" for...

January 2024

January 30, 2024

On Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Taylor Swift

I woke up to find that the Right Wing has views on Taylor Swift again....

December 2022

December 04, 2022

A Most Puzzling Religious Tract

Yesterday I went to the Steubenville Christmas parade, which is a very good parade...

May 2022

May 21, 2022

No, CRT Is Not The Same As GRT

I want to say a little something about Critical Race Theory, and how it's different...

March 2022

March 26, 2022

A Ditty for the Fatimaniacs

Yesterday was an historic day. At five o'clock in the evening Vatican time, on...

February 2022

February 25, 2022

More on Ukraine, On Prayer, and How to Help

I've got a few more remarks on the horrendous invasion of Ukraine this week. The...

August 2021

August 08, 2021

Of Delta, Vaccine Conspiracy Theories, Francis and the Leper

The Friendship Room is putting the plexiglass back on their porch. I don't think the...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

As I Watch the Footage of the Capitol Insurrection

Imagine a B horror movie-- the most formulaic of B horror movies, the kind...

November 2020

November 21, 2020

A Walk After Leaf-fall

It's not that there isn't a lot to be thankful for, the weekend before...

November 17, 2020

A Fine Time for Crackpots

I am aghast at just how bizarrely people are behaving right now, especially in the...

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 13, 2020

While We Worried About Imaginary Children

Over the weekend, it's been revealed that our nation has expelled 8,800 unaccompanied minors...

March 2020

March 13, 2020

Plague Comes to the Ohio Valley

COVID-19 has come to Ohio. It's all over the country now. Last I heard...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

Yes, Antisemitism is Real, Wrong, and Dangerous

I shouldn't have to tell you that antisemitism is real, it's wrong, and it's...

November 2019

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...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

Patrick Coffin and the Case of the Arsonist that Wasn’t

To begin with, I need to state that the firefighters working to put out...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

When the Victim is Female…

It was only a matter of time before the defenses started. Yesterday it was brought...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

For a Moment, it was All About the Victims

I am glad that everyone finally believes in sexual abuse. This is a new...

August 10, 2018

A Lavender Herring: Who is to Blame for Priestly Sexual Abuse?

I don't think there's some kind of secret gay cabal in the Church. In...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

Murder Most Dubious

I have seen several people publicly declare that if you believe the Pope is complicit...

February 2017

February 06, 2017

LifeSite News has Lost It

I know, I know, I promised that I'd stop reading The Remnant. And I did....

November 2016

November 21, 2016

What the Legion Taught Me: How To Spot A Fake Catholic Personality Cult

When I was a teenager, for a couple of years, my mother forced me to...

November 02, 2016

But I’m Just Asking Questions

We've got six more days, folks. Six days. Six. The devil's number. Less than a...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Paging George Soros

(image via Pixabay) Do any of my good readers know how I can contact George...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Is This The Public Face We Want For Catholicism?

Image via Pixabay This post is a part of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, "Catholicity:...