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November 2013

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 29, 2013

Happy Birthday, Internet! (October 29, 1969)

My alma mater played a key role in building the road that brought this post...

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 28, 2013

In The News: Alabama Joins EWTN In Suit Against The HHS Mandate, and Benghazi-Gate Gets New Life…

As the HHS takes it on the chin for the failures in allowing folks to...

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 24, 2013

A Brandy G.K Chesterton Would Approve Of…

I think so. I mean, look at the name on the label. Lepanto? As in the...

October 23, 2013

Crashing the Obamacare Servers Is Easy As Pie. Here’s Why…

Load testing? We don't need no stinking "load testing!" Tom McDonald has the skinny. Prepare...

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 19, 2013

Because You Never Know When Pope Francis Might Send You An E-Mail

First it was phone calls, then it was letters and interviews. And now il Papa...

October 18, 2013

Pope Francis Speaking To Us…In English!

Huzzah! Post by News.va English. Transcript: My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus...

October 17, 2013

Pope Francis Identifies The Elephant In The Room: Confusing Ideology With The Faith

A month or so ago, I noted that Pope Francis and I agree about politics....

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 14, 2013

Food For Thought From St. Maximus the Confessor

And he's not just talking about food here, either. Learn more about him at the YIMCatholic...

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

What Can You Personally Do About The Priest Sex Abuse Scandal? UPDATED

This message is for most of us who aren't directly involved in any of 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 11, 2013

Your Marriage Quote of the Year

This works both ways, I hope. When a guy is happily married, no matter...

October 10, 2013

Tom McDonald Explains Why The Obamacare Health Exchanges Need A “Do Over”

He knows what he's talking about too. Tom's my IT go-to-guy. Here’s something you should...

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 08, 2013

How Peyton Manning Made Me Think Of Pope Francis…

He did this, and I made the connection immediately. I'm weird that way, see? I...

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 04, 2013

A Reminder On What The HHS Mandate Is All About

From our colleagues in the fight at Summit Ministries, a brief recap on what's at stake....