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November 2013

November 01, 2013

Interviewing Brandon Vogt on Catholicism: New Evangelization

When, in 2011, Father Robert Barron's Word on Fire Ministries released the first part of...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

I’m back, baby, I’m back!

I am very nearly positive that in the years I've been writing this blog I...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Using Gosnell to Snip at Obama, or the Press? – UPDATED

"If these children are being born alive, I have confidence that a doctor..." That is...

April 12, 2013

Is MSM Awareness of Gosnell a Wave in Tide of God’s Mercy? UPDATE

It has been, as Ed Driscoll notes a slow awakening for the mainstream media, but...

April 12, 2013

Media Assist: Easy, Logical, Fair Angles to Pursue on Gosnell Story – UPDATED

So, something happened yesterday, something I have been praying would happen, regarding many stories, for...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Digital Field of the Lord: Hoeing the Rows, for the Seeds

In my my first reaction to Benedict's announcement yesterday, I wrote: Listening to some of...

February 11, 2013

Benedict Announces Retirement (It’s what he WOULD do!) UPDATES!

(photo source) In the Pope's most recent tweet, our dear Papa had this to say...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Confronting the Voris issue with Spot-on Charity

Because time doesn't permit, and because my interests don't really ride there, I rarely write...

January 24, 2013

Newly App’d (but Always Apt) Pope Talks Up Social Media UPDATES

Yesterday saw the release of the Vatican's new "Pope App", which is so well-done that...

January 09, 2013

A Papal Validation from @Pontifex on Twitter

Those who think that Pope Benedict XVI is engaged in mere schtick by making an...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

Newtown and New Media: must we “do better” on big questions? UPDATED

That's the question I'm asking in my column at First Things, this week. More correctly,...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

Does Mo Dowd think Celibacy = Pedophilia?

Zoran Karapancev / Courtesy of Shutterstock.com I hadn't read Mo Dowd's latest screed because I've...

April 2012

April 13, 2012

Advent of the Super Genius!

Patheos is going to be launching a whole-site redesign, very soon. Long in the works,...

April 12, 2012

Successful Satire Always Bites a Little

Today Father James Martin and our own Max Lindenman have created some biting satire (I...

April 02, 2012

Trayvon and the MSM: “Who will guard the guardians?” UPDATED

It's an ironic question, given George Zimmerman's own ideas about guardianship, but it's one that...

February 2012

February 03, 2012

Komen and HHS: The Day of the Bully Dawns – UPDATED

In just about 24 hours the "non-political" billion-dollar entity known as Planned Parenthood -- which...

December 2011

December 13, 2011

Chelsea Clinton’s Debut – UPDATED

So, Chelsea Clinton made her debut last night on Brian William's (to me) awkwardly-named Rock...

November 2011

November 18, 2011

What’s Patheos? Where did it come from?

Not too long ago, I did a radio show and the host struggled with the...

November 11, 2011

Internet Addiction, Spam and Comboxes

My spam filter currently has 900 spams, and counting, and the situation can't be rectified...

October 2011

October 10, 2011

Confederacy of Dunces: The Future in our Midst

I am ashamed to admit I have never read it (as I warned below, I...

October 07, 2011

Faraway, So Close

I really like Joseph Susanka's column for today: Try as I might, my "Social Networking"...

October 01, 2011

Patheos Book Club: Catholicism and New Media

From today until October 15, the Patheos Book Club will be taking in-depth looks at...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Kat and the Crescat: New to Patheos

Well, when I announced that Mark Shea was bringing his blog over, I told you...

September 28, 2011

Benedict's Mustard Seed in Germany

It got almost no coverage in the mainstream media -- and what coverage there was...

September 26, 2011

Charity Heroes: St. Vincent de Paul and Vogt

(Illustration by Pat McNamara) Tomorrow is the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul, and...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

Debuting at The Catholic Answer – UPDATED

Look at that cover; Pope Benedict XVI and Jordan's Prince Ghazi Muhammad bin Talal, taken...

August 22, 2011

Catholics in the Comboxes

Msgr. Charles Pope has noted it: Recently however, I am getting more comments that are...

August 19, 2011