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May 2013

May 09, 2013

A Sign You Don’t See Very Often These Days…

But you can go eat at Zook's BBQ Barn tomorrow. I found this though, so...

May 08, 2013

Marriage Equality: The Prosperous Pol vs. The Gay Pauper

I'm with the gay pauper on this one. And so is the Catholic Church. Think...

May 07, 2013

We Live On An Unusual Planet In An Unusual Solar System. That’s Two “Unusuals.”

Yesterday, I was going on about the Sun. Today, Robert Krulwich, of NPR's science desk,...

May 06, 2013

An E-Mail Addressed To Me, But Which Is Really For Archbishop Myers

This note popped into my "in basket" this afternoon. It's from a reader, whose...

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 05, 2013

Like Only Nixon Could Go To China, Can Only Pope Francis Preach About The Devil?

Show of hands, how many of you have you heard your parish priest mention the...

May 05, 2013

Bishop O’Connell Accepts Resignations of Youth Ministers Who Enabled Fr. Fugee, And Of Parish Pastor UPDATED

The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news...

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 04, 2013

A Bible Verse For All Fathers Of Teenagers To Memorize…

You know, for when your kids roll their eyes when it's time for you to...

May 04, 2013

Why I’m Not Doing Victory Laps About the News Out Of Newark

It's pretty simple. Because everyone lost. That's the really sad news. Parents lost, in that...

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

Because of Catholic Mysticism

Feast of St. Athanasius It's the time of year when my thoughts turn to...

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

If This Happened In My Diocese, The Bishop Would Know My Eye Color Down to the Flecks…UPDATED

He would see them up close and personal when I asked questions like, "Isn't there...

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

A Great Tweet From Pope Francis Today…

It's basically something I've been telling my children forever... And do great things, while always...

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

What Three Exclamation Points in a Pope Francis Homily Really Look Like…

From this past Sunday, I would like to ask you: have you sometimes heard the...

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

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 20, 2013

Neil Diamond Sings “Sweet Caroline” Today During the Eighth Inning at Fenway Park

Boston. Baseball. A Bearded Neil Diamond... Let the healing begin.

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...