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May 2013

May 05, 2013

To Help Fr. Pontifex Make An Album? Absolutely

Before there was @Pontifex on Twitter, there was Father Pontifex, making music with the Spoken...

May 04, 2013

Many News Organs Are Preaching To An Ever Shrinking Partisan Choir On Every Issue They Cover

What could I possibly have seen that leads me to make such a conclusion? Data...

May 02, 2013

Archbishop Myers Accepts Resignation of Fr. Michael Fugee…

Effective immediately. The news came earlier this evening, via The Star-Ledger's Mark Mueller, The Roman...

May 02, 2013

The Emergency Birth Control Pill Available to Minors? The Justice Department Is Appealing That Decision

In case you missed the news that Plan-B type contraceptive pills were set to be...

May 02, 2013

Has Archbishop Meyers Lifted the Lifetime Ban From Ministering to Youth For Fr. Michael Fugee? UPDATED

It appears that this might be the case, if I'm reading the letter that Archbishop...

May 01, 2013

Can a Pope Know More About Liberty Than the Founding Fathers?

See for yourself. The liberty of those who are in authority does not consist in...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

For All the Saints: Catherine of Siena

Fearless. Bold. Doctor of the Church. Poet. Mystic. Stigmatic. Correspondent of Popes and Royalty....

April 28, 2013

The Conversion of Takashi Nagai, And His Vocation of Love

All the buzz a few months back was the cause for the sainthood of Dorothy...

April 27, 2013

If Only I Could Get A Room At St. Martha’s House!

Then I could attend daily mass with Pope Francis. Of course, I can get the...

April 26, 2013

Why Does Fox News Hate the U.S. Constitution?

This would be one of those rare times when I thank God for lawyers. Because...

April 26, 2013

Rod Bennett Is On the Mission of Forming Intentional Disciples with the Smoky Mountain Scripture Study

And he's asked me to help him out too, which means I'm inviting you to...

April 26, 2013

Help Push the Film About the Life of Takashi Nagai Across the Finish Line

Since the end of August, in the year of Our Lord 2011, I've been...

April 25, 2013

Preliminary Injunction Granted to Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company from the HHS Mandate Rules

Back on April 19th, a family owned lumber company in Pennsylvania received some good news...

April 24, 2013

President Obama Ducks the Planned Parenthood Keynote Speech Date…

But, ahem, it is not a result of the outcry the Gosnell trial has raised. But...

April 24, 2013

The Archdiocese of New York Withdraws Subpoena Served on the White House…

Back on April 4th, the big news was that the Archdiocese of New York subpoenaed...

April 22, 2013

The Boston Bombers’ Turning to Religion Caused Them to Murder and Maim Innocents? UPDATED

That seems to be the thesis over at the Wall Street Journal. Once known as...

April 21, 2013

Because the Church is the Port in the Storm

I remember well how it felt when I first came across these words written by...

April 19, 2013

Eden Foods and the Impossibility of Compartmentalizing the Catholic Faith

It was G.K. Chesterton who noted that "The Catholic Church is the only thing which...

April 18, 2013

If You Would Like to Support Eden Foods While They Sue the HHS, Here’s the Website for You!

Put together by grassroots supporters of the company "who believe in the justice of the...

April 18, 2013

Ever Wonder Why Many Are Blind to the Arbitrary and Capricious Nature of the HHS Mandate?

Perhaps it has something to do with what we occupy our minds with? Nah...surely it's...

April 17, 2013

The Oldest Natural and Organic Food Company in North America Files Suit Against the HHS Mandate, Outraging A Vocal Minority

No, it's not Kraft Foods, or Mondelez International, or any of the other gigantic food processors...

April 16, 2013

And the Lawsuits Against the HHS Mandate Continue to be Filed…

Like this one by the the M.K. Chambers Company, a Michigan firm with 120 employees....

April 14, 2013

Thanks to the Wee Kirk on The Hill

My family and I went to the Washington D.C. area on our vacation a few...

April 13, 2013

Anderson Cooper Tacks To Windward, Asks Hard Questions About the Gosnell Case

I'm not sure if you were able to see the telecast from his show last...

April 12, 2013

Speaking of Holocaust Deniers, What Happened to the Media Coverage of the Gosnell Trial? UPDATES

There has been a lot of dust flying about the Holocaust, and folks minimizing it,...

April 11, 2013

Speaking of Arguments, Monsignor Benson Continues His on the Mystical Body of Christ

A few days ago, I shared a few thoughts of a convert named Robert Hugh...

April 10, 2013

Fr. Robert Barron on How Lame Popular Opinion Polls Are At Identifying Moral Truths…

The bottomline? It's all about the timing of the questions. And questions asked in the...

April 06, 2013

Ladies? The Almighty Orgasm Needs Your Help Getting Folks the Right Kind of Pornography…UPDATED

Satire Alert! I know, I know, it sounds crazy, but the Almighty Orgasm is trying...

April 05, 2013

Because of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Day In, and Day Out

Recently a friend I met on Facebook asked folks about spiritual music. You know, something...

April 04, 2013

Ross Douthat, Writing on “Class, Culture, and the Decline of Marriage”

Justice Anthony Kennedy, during discussion of arguments for overturning California's Proposition 8, stated that same-sex...