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December 2013

December 01, 2013

A Blogger Responds: We Were Not “Outmarketed” on Gay Marriage, We Were “Outevangelized”

Gerard Nadal doesn't pull any punches with his response to an interview given by Cardinal...

December 01, 2013

An Advent Mix (Music for Mondays)

It's the first week of Advent, and though by no means is this the definitive...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

About Moving The Vatican City Legation…(Stuff I Refuse To Be Upset About)

Recently a firestorm of fake dudgeon was released into the Catholic blogosphere when news came...

November 29, 2013

A Serious Message About The Film, “Delivery Man” UPDATED

...is contained in the flyer in the photograph below. Learn more at Alana Newman's place,...

November 28, 2013

Thanks For A Thanksgiving Lesson By A Redemptorist Father

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really do not know much...

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 26, 2013

Get Your Pope Francis Awesome Sauce Right Here…

Straight from the source. No filters. No handlers. Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis,...

November 26, 2013

SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments On The HHS Mandate’s Impact On Hobby Lobby

As expected, Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, and other businesses contesting the HHS Mandate, will have...

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 21, 2013

Remember All The “Premature” HHS Mandate Lawsuits? They’re Mature Now…

I reckon they were in the incubator long enough, because they can head to court...

November 21, 2013

Got Questions About Vatican II, Salvation, and the Unsaved?

Who doesn't? We're in luck, though, because Catholic World Report has an eight post symposium...

November 21, 2013

Bishop Paprocki’s Homily for Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in Reparation for the Sin of Same-Sex Marriage

Earlier this evening, in Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki followed through with his plan...

November 19, 2013

Marines With Beards Helping Wounded Warriors? Count Me In!

Now this is entrepreneurship that I can support without reservation. And just in time...

November 18, 2013

Is This Where Some Pope Francis Fans Exit The Bus?

See, he gave a little homily today, like he usually does. The first reading was...

November 14, 2013

Our Bishops Get All Hard Core On The HHS Mandate

Folks thought it couldn't be done. Others may have thought that some of them would...

November 13, 2013

To Pray For the Victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Today we pray especially for those killed or injured in the devastating storm named Typhoon...

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 11, 2013

Appeals Court Upholds The Rights Of Individuals And Companies To Challenge The HHS Mandate

Good news from the front! Remember the lawsuit Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. filed last year?...

November 09, 2013

The Great Battle In Heaven, Like You’ve Never Seen It

And there was made a great battle in heaven, Michael and his Angels fought with...

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 05, 2013

About That “Unprecendented” Poll Asking Catholic’s Opinions On Church Teachings…UPDATED

Two things. A) It is a survey, not a poll and, B) it was sent...

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 02, 2013

Belated Happy Reformation Day!

D'oh! Here's a refresher if you're unsure what the Five Solas are. It's as good...

November 02, 2013

Because Our Neighbors Include the Dead

And that is why we pray for them. Sure, I could knock you around with...

November 01, 2013

Chalk Up A Victory Against The HHS Mandate UPDATED

The opinion for the plaintiffs, Francis and Philip Gilardi, reverses a denial of a prelimary...

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,...