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November 2014

November 04, 2014

Salvation History: The Two Percent

Redeemed humanity is still young. –C.S. Lewis We often think of human history in terms...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Becoming What We Contemplate: The Risks of Violence as Entertainment

When I was a twelve-year-old, I wanted to be like Rambo. Often, I would don...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

We Are All Persons of Interest

Maybe it's up to me to do what the good people can't. Or...

September 16, 2014

More Than Just a Selfie: How Pope Francis Really Keeps it Real

@KofC epic #selfie #PopeFrancis pic.twitter.com/CLYduUpxDA — Fabio M. Ragona (@FabioMRagona) August 29, 2013 Most if...

September 11, 2014

Remembering 9/11 with a Gospel that Preaches Itself

To you who hear I say, love your enemies, Do good to those who hate...

September 10, 2014

Facing Failure: Why the Seal of Confession Is Inviolable

I try not to make a habit of wading into swamps, but there’s something going...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

“So Great a Cloud”: Virtual Choir & Real Gift

Is there a real relationship between faith and technology, or is it just a matter...

August 15, 2014

Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero at 97

Today, in addition to being the Feast of the Assumption, would have been martyred Archbishop...

August 06, 2014

Our Transfiguration, and His

Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John, and led them up a high mountain...

August 02, 2014

Must Read: Bishop Caggiano Interview on “Church Reform from Below”

The Deacon's Bench pointed this interview out a few days ago, but the interview is...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Be Not Afraid: Francis and the 15th Annotation

“There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

A Third Way? Exploring the Church’s Teaching on Homosexuality

Let me set the scene for you with two examples: 1. Stanza XXVII from St....

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Mass Exodus: Why Young People are Leaving Church and Rethinking Faith

Half of young Christians say that they have struggled with significant frustrations and doubts about...

April 17, 2014

Becoming Peter, on Betrayal and Faith

In an aptly-sad, darkly-hopeful, meditation of an essay over at On Faith, Tim O'Brien confesses...

March 2014

March 23, 2014

Why Is the Religious World Quiet on the Keystone XL Debate?

Why is the religious world quiet on the XL Pipeline debate? Editorial note: This post...

March 09, 2014

Well Worth Reading: CNN’s Belief Blog on Finding the “Francis Effect”

There's an excellent new piece by Daniel Burke up at CNN's Belief blog, "How to...

March 06, 2014

Speed and the Meaning of Reading

Over the past few days more than a few friends of mine have been passing...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

The Plus Sign and a Comments Policy

Are comments boxes worth the trouble? Or are they just near occasions for the sins...

February 20, 2014

All or Nothing – And Certainly not Nothing

“I was ready to be an atheist. I was going to be a Catholic or...

February 13, 2014

Failing Like Adults, or Catechizing Mysticism

First off, apologies for being late to the party (and not in a cool way)....

February 04, 2014

The Catholic “More Than”

The observation is frequently made that Catholicism is a religion of “both/and” rather than “either

January 2014

January 30, 2014

The (Rolling) Stone That the Builders Rejected

I started out yawning at the Pope Francis cover at Rolling Stone. Then I read...

January 30, 2014

Catholic Writers – Who’s on YOUR Shelf?

Look at your bookshelf. Take stock of the titles. Now narrow them down: How many...