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November 2013

November 27, 2013

Pope Francis Is In The Running For TIME Magazine’s Person Of The Year

I predict a landslide victory for Papa Francesco. The competition? Hmmmmm. Prince George? Vince Gilligan?...

November 25, 2013

Good News On The HHS Mandate Front From The Pennsylvania Sector…

A preliminary injunction from the HHS Mandate has been granted to the Dioceses of Erie,...

November 23, 2013

Your Chance To Be A Patron Of The Arts

Your favorite film producer here, with another opportunity to bring Christian Art That Does Not...

November 23, 2013

In The Digital Age, Remember That Not Everything Is Better On An iPad.

Roll clip (and don't you dare smile!). Nothing lost in translation, there, eh?

November 22, 2013

When The Entire Nation Mourned (Worth A Thousand Words)

November 17, 2013

Another Reason To Thank Catholic Monks: Great Beer!

I'm not saying they invented beer. But the beers we enjoy today are a...

November 12, 2013

Nobody Is Signing Up For Obamacare? Even With Edgy And Cool Ads Like This One? UPDATED

Reuters reported yesterday that practically no one has signed up for Obamacare so far. Of...

November 06, 2013

Breck Girls? Eat Your Hearts Out…

There's a new shampoo in town. And a mane like that is one of the...

November 06, 2013

To Avoid Being A Pelagian

Father Dwight Longenecker has been noodling a speech on the New Evangelization that was given...

November 04, 2013

“The world holds us to be fools; let us hold it to be mad.”

There's is more where that came from, from St. Francis de Sales's, Introduction to the...

November 01, 2013

Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion Restrictions

I'm of the mind that this is good news. Cecile Richards, on the other hand,...

November 01, 2013

Behold! The Official Car of the Communion of Saints…

The Ford Mustang, naturally. It works well for getting to and from Mass on Holy...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Pope Francis Cancels Vatican Halloween Celebrations?!

Strike that. There are no Vatican Halloween celebrations. You've been tricked. But I'd love to...

October 30, 2013

The Latest Victim Of The “I Don’t Know” Administration: Kathleen Sebelius

Kathleen Sibelius joins a long line of folks in this Administration infected with idontknowitus. What...

October 28, 2013

I’m So Done With Apologizing For Halloween

BOO! I just enjoy it. I enjoyed it before I was a Catholic, and I'll...

October 27, 2013

Lou Reed, Requiescat In Pace

I just heard the news that Lou Reed passed away. Rolling Stone has an obituary...

October 26, 2013

Sanity Check: Is Gendercide De Facto Law in Great Britain?

It would seem so. By gendercide, I mean sex-selection abortion, as generally the feminine sex...

October 22, 2013

So You Want To Cause A Ruckus, And Pray For “Marriage Equality” In The Cathedral? Bishop Paprocki Has A Message For You…

Think again. And if you're a Catholic who happens to belong to the Rainbow Sash...

October 17, 2013

Neil Gaiman: “I want to talk about what reading does. What it’s good for.”

Here's a snippet of a great piece Neil Gaiman writes in The Guardian about reading,...

October 16, 2013

Let’s Hear It For The Little Guy! The Monks Can Make, And Sell, Caskets Freely

I remember learning of this fight a few years back. Would you believe the funeral...

October 13, 2013

Take A Moment To Read This Bill Watterson Inspired Comic Strip

The words are Bill Watterson's (creator of the awesome Calvin & Hobbes series) and the...

October 12, 2013

A Short Communique From His Imperial Majesty’s Government…

Here's some music to listen to too, while The Empire Shuts Down. That is all....

October 10, 2013

The Battle of Helm’s Deep…LEGO Edition!

Who knows? After this post, I might get my geek card back. Because life is...

October 10, 2013

IRS Dirty Tricks And The HHS Mandate

Just in case you've forgotten, the Washington Examiner's Joel Gehrke shot out a little bulletin...

October 07, 2013

Andrea Doria, Lepanto, and the Power of the Rosary

—Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary When I was a kid, I really...

October 06, 2013

It Is “Respect Life Sunday”

Which kicks off Respect Life Month. In case your parish missed mentioning it, due to...

October 06, 2013

A Science Fiction Action Movie With A Heart, Go See “Gravity.”

You, and your entire family, will be the richer for it. Empty nesters? Go see...

October 05, 2013

And Now You Know Why The Italian Press Isn’t Exactly the Gold Standard of Journalism

So when we learn the details of Scalfari's interview, it's like Simcha Fisher says, He...

October 03, 2013

In Search of Pageviews, HUFFPOST Manufactures Clash Between Pope Francis and Pope Benedict?

That's what it looks like to me. They've done stuff like this to boost pageviews...

October 02, 2013

If A Doctor of the Church Says It, Then Why Can’t Pope Francis? UPDATED

Early on, in the midst of the preparations for the Conclave, while we all wondered...