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June 2015

June 10, 2015

Why I Remain Catholic? Is This A Trick Question?

For a regular guy, with a blog called Why I Am Catholic, I honestly can't...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Dumb Things Americans Do At Home, Drives Recruitment Of Extremists Abroad

Here is an excerpt of the dumb thing I'm referring to in particular, A United...

April 21, 2015

If A Pilgrimage To The Holy Land Is “The Fifth Gospel,” Then Guess What?

You need to read both sides of the book, saavy? Look at the map above....

April 16, 2015

On The HHS Mandate, The State Can’t Win For Losing…

Here's your quote of the week, How many times must the government lose in court...

April 01, 2015

Indiana Bishops Release Statement On Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Six days after Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act heard 'round the world into...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

What Jesus Does With Sin, In Less Than 45 Seconds…

Posted by the folks of My Catholic Faith on there Facebook page, here's a...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

My Favorite Tracks From Sam Rocha’s Album, “Late To Love”

Long time readers of YIMCatholic know that I've got a thing for music. Once was,...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

It’s a chicken and egg thing, see? It’s as clear as day…

May 2014

May 12, 2014

“Nearly 60,000 students, alumni, and faculty members signed a petition against the services on campus…”

That is according to a statement released by Aurora Griffin, Catholic, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard student....

December 2013

December 25, 2013

Christ Is Born! Merry Christmas To All!

A Blessed Christmas to all, from my family to yours. May the miracle of the...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Archbishop Lori On The SCOTUS Decision To Hear HHS Mandate Cases…

Just in from the USSCB, WASHINGTON—Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S....

October 2013

October 22, 2013

The MSM Extraordinary Synod On The Pastoral Care Of Families Has Been Held. The Church’s Has Not.

Just FYI. In fact, the Church's synod isn't due to begin until October of 2014....

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Too Cool Not To Share: Pope Francis’s Five Finger Prayer

H/T Patheos Catholic Portal on Facebook.

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Because of the Disenchantment of Miley Cyrus UPDATED

The other day I lamented losing an hour to reading Joseph Bottum's personal essay about...

August 13, 2013

Remember the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree? True Story.

Our fig tree has a bumper crop in store for us this year. The first...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Robert Hugh Benson Helps Explain How the Catholic Church Sees Jesus and Infallibility…

Which also helps explain why when the Catholic Church holds a teaching as being true,...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Pope Francis Mentions Pelagians in His Chrism Mass Homily…

And everyone runs for their history books! Oh wait. Not really. He was mainly preaching to...

March 24, 2013

What Living the Christian Faith is Like, In a Nutshell…

Courtesy of Rumer Goddin's opening paragraph from This House of Brede, "The motto was 'Pax,'...

March 23, 2013

Papal History Being Made, Right Here, Right Now UPDATED

Today Pope Francis and the Pope Emeritus met at Castel Gandolfo. In terms of historically...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

And I Have a Dedication for Hans Küng…

And his dreamy, utopian vision of a Church prostituted to the whims and caprices...

February 28, 2013

As Pope Benedict Flew Away, A Song Popped Into My Head…

I couldn't help it. So I'll share the earworm with you too, with a little help...

February 10, 2013

What To Get That Special Man In Your Life For Valentines Day? I Can Guarantee He’ll Never Forget This…

As Pat Gohn shames us men into drafting epic love letters for our sweeties this...

February 01, 2013

The Administration Issues Changes to HHS Mandate for Religious Institutions and Affiliates UPDATED

The press release from the Department of Health and Human Services is out. Revisions to...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

O Oriens (Radiant Dawn)

Sorry, Mayans. No one knows the day or hour, see? So as dawn breaks we...

December 12, 2012

Because The Case for Marian Devotion Is Iron-Clad

On the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, it's a good time for a little...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

Best.Beer.Commercial.Ever.

Stella Artois with a passel of ice-skating priests. They send the novice on a beer...

November 12, 2012

The Bloggers Meet The Bishops, On Tape, Via YouTube

You may recognize a few of the bloggers here. Take a look, Figures they'd catch...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

A Prayer About Fatherhood Answered Through the Veil of a Homework Assignment

Once upon a time, I wrote a letter to St. Joseph. His feast day rolled...

October 16, 2012

When They Make A Movie About The Man Who Fell To Earth…

The lead will be played by Mark Wahlberg. Or at least he should get the...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

“We Stand for Religious Freedom…”

You know, except for when we don't. President Barack Obama said the United States supports...