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March 2014

March 28, 2014

The Road To The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like This Road In The Himalayas…

I saw this video yesterday on Facebook, watched it, and got queasy. Then, I realized...

March 26, 2014

UK Health Minister Orders End To The Use Of Aborted Fetus Remains As Fuel For Hospital Waste To Energy Plants

What an awful headline. It's like something that Charlton Heston was screaming in Soylent Green....

March 25, 2014

Hobby Lobby/ Conestoga Wood SCOTUS Arguments Recap & Transcript

Over at the SCOTUS Blog, Lyle Denniston called it "one hearing, two dramas." The Supreme...

March 23, 2014

9 Catholic Priest Scientists That “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” Never Heard Of UPDATED

The folks at RealClearScience do the heavy lifting that MacFarlane, Tyson, & Co., didn't...

March 20, 2014

A Funny Thing I Noticed About “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” UPDATED

Have you been watching the show? Perhaps I should rephrase that to, "Did you...

March 19, 2014

As the Biblical Epics Roll Into Theaters, Remember This: Bela Lugosi Played Jesus…

No. Really. When? In 1909. Where? In a live Easter passion play, somewhere. Dangerous Minds...

March 18, 2014

Lots of Folks Are Impressed By the Swiss Guards. I Reckon Those Folks Aren’t Marines

But I may be biased. Roll clip. Be advised, those folks yacking in the background?...

March 17, 2014

Hilaire Belloc on St. Patrick

What follows is from Hilaire Belloc's collection of essays, First and Last (<<= free on Kindle). Not...

March 13, 2014

The Next Time Someone Says “Beauty Will Save The World,” Consider This…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Spring must be in the air, or something,...

March 06, 2014

Five Songs to Usher In Lent (2014 Edition)

It has been a roller coaster of a week. Russia invited themselves into Ukraine, Pope...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

WWJD? Consider This…

Food for thought the next time you feel like turning over tables, and breaking out...

February 25, 2014

“Business Insider” On The Kindara App, And How It Can Help You Kick “The Pill”

Joe Six-Pack, here. I know how it's all the rage to root for the artificial...

February 25, 2014

Your Pope Francis Photograph Of The Day

The Chalice, like a Boss. *image is from a Mass celebrated by the Holy Father...

February 23, 2014

Does God Hate Flags? An Answer On The 69th Anniversary Of The Flag Raising On Iwo Jima

I saw a blog post with this title recently: God Hates Flags: The Public Nature of...

February 22, 2014

Missing Rome, the Vatican, and Florence? Watch the First Twelve Minutes of “The Agony And The Ecstasy”

It's streaming over at Netflix, now. It's one of the many movies that I never...

February 22, 2014

Gay Man Refused Last Rites? “GetReligion” Has Some Thoughts On This Story

You've probably seen the story published by The Washington Post about the gay man who...

February 20, 2014

Pope Francis And The Pentecostals: “We must cry together, like Joseph did. These tears will unite us. These tears of love.” UPDATED

I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me...

February 19, 2014

Video: The Economics Of Sex, Sex, Sex, And More Sex

Got ten minutes? That's all it will take for the Austin Institute for the Study of...

February 18, 2014

Pope Francis Is Just Like Us (Exhibit # 742: He Renews His Argentine Passport)

You know how when your passport, or your drivers license, comes up for renewal, and...

February 17, 2014

“Variety” Reports That 98% Of Religious Audiences Gave “Noah” A Thumbs Down UPDATED

Shocked. Shocked, I am. That folks who actually know the account from Genesis are disappointed...

February 14, 2014

“Since The Divorce Rate Is So High, Let’s Opt For 10 Year Long (Term Renewable) Marriages Instead!”

Seriously? I LOL'd. Nice try, Adriana Cohen, but you obviously have never been involved in...

February 14, 2014

For Your Flannery O’Connor Quote Of The Year

To find out about faith, you have to go to the people who have...

February 13, 2014

What Are Adults Looking For From Christianity? Even “The Onion” Knows The Answer To That Question

Sure, The Onion is the best thing going when it comes to humorous, satirical, "news." But what...

February 12, 2014

Jon Stewart Explains Why I Rarely Watch The News On Television

Because our best and brightest were canned long ago, and they replaced with folks who...

February 10, 2014

For All the Saints: Paul of the Shipwreck

How can something good come from something tragic? This is a mystery to us all....

February 05, 2014

CVS Stops Selling Tobacco Products, But You Can Still Buy Your Sex Toys There

More news that is being greeted with hosannas from the world today is the decision...

February 05, 2014

The Vatican To The United Nations, “Say What?”

You have probably seen that some committee at the UN has said that the Catholic...

February 05, 2014

A Few Words For Wednesday (Music Edition)

Ah, words. Can't live with 'em; can't live without 'em. Right now, I can't live with...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Benedict Cumberbatch Demonstrating The Stanislavsky Method.

But wait. What about Dr. Watson? You may now go on about your business.

January 26, 2014

To Celebrate 30 Years Of Diplomatic Relations Between The United States And The Vatican

Yes, while the rest of the world was celebrating the 30th birthday of the Macintosh...