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August 2025

August 21, 2025

On the Death of James Dobson

I woke up this morning and found out that James Dobson was dead. It's hard...

December 2024

December 20, 2024

The Scandalous Genealogy of Christ

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: This is the genealogy of Jesus...

June 2024

June 24, 2024

My Thoughts on the Vatican’s Defense of Rupnik’s Art

Here we go again. In case you haven't heard, the Vatican's chief comms officer has...

April 2024

April 24, 2024

Thoughts on Day Two of the Trump Trial

I watched the first two days of this first Trump trial, numbly. By...

March 2024

March 02, 2024

Thoughts on the End of Church Militant

I found out today that the notorious Catholic tabloid known as "Church Militant," will be...

November 2023

November 21, 2023

Michael Voris has Resigned

If you follow Catholic news, you might have already heard that Michael Voris, the...

February 2021

February 05, 2021

Catholic University of America Should Not Host Abby Johnson

I have been saying "I need to speak about Abby Johnson one last time"...

October 2020

October 25, 2020

The Problem of the Trump Rally and the Purple Maga Nuns

Yesterday, Donald Trump held one of his infamous campaign rallies in Circleville, Ohio. It was...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

A Word on Statues and a Word on Saints

I want to say a little more today, here in the evening of the...

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...

December 2019

December 14, 2019

The Things I Hope She Did Not Know

I tried to write an icon the other day. I used to do it all...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Bransfield’s Proposed Punishment is a Slap on the Wrist

As my regular readers know, I've been following the news on the situation in the...

October 2019

October 03, 2019

Forty Years of Baby Choice: A Timeline

My veteran readers know that I've been expressing concern concern what Father Frank Pavone...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

The Diocese of Buffalo is Endangering the Faithful

I have, on and off, been following the case of the seminarians in the Diocese...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

“Healing Our Church” Will Not Heal the Church

I want to open by mentioning that I asked one of my friends who...

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,...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Remember: You’re Representing the Church

I went to the March for Life every year as a teen. We were always...

January 17, 2019

Which Is the Authentic Catholicism?

I was recently mentioned in a curiously disjointed and rambling article at Church Militant....

January 04, 2019

When Women Dance

It seems that the biggest scandal involving the new members of our House of...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

A Legacy of Scandal: Sheltering Abuse at Franciscan University

I loved Father Mike Scanlan. I know that I have been less than complimentary...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

For a Moment, Joy

It's been a bit since I wrote. My mini-Sabbatical away from the internet was not...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

A Scandal in Montana

Many of you are no doubt aware that Donald Trump gave a speech that was...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

Franciscan University, Title IX, and the Objectification of Women

There is a weird attitude I've encountered all around Steubenville, that defending Franciscan University...

April 05, 2018

You Can’t Be Both Pro-Life and Alt Right

As far as I can tell, this all started when my friend Destiny Hernon De...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

That Bickering Body

What's on my mind, Facebook? Well, it's a little too long for a status. My...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

Cardinal Law has Died

It's just now being reported that Cardinal Bernard Law has passed away. Law was pressured...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Victim-Blaming is Not Apologetics

I believe I've mentioned before that I've never been entirely sure what an apologist...

October 07, 2017

Yet Another Scandal from the Legionaries of Christ

Awhile back now, I wrote about the Legionaries of Christ and their lay organizations, Regnum...

September 2017

September 15, 2017

Who was a Faithful Catholic Witness?

I've spoken many times about the hardest time in my life. Just after my daughter...

June 2017

June 11, 2017

Portrait of a Healer

On the wall of my bachelor uncle's bedroom, in my paternal grandparents' house, there were two...