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May 2016

May 10, 2016

Proof-Texting Jesus, Post Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Style

I was saddened today to learn that a priest who had been removed from his...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

The Charlie Charlie Phenomenon: Were We Played For Fools By Hollywood?

. Probably. So reports Jennifer Mullins of E! Online, Ooo, you got us, Hollywood. You...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Because the Anti-Christ is Politics

I've been reading Giovanni Papini's Life of Christ some more. My Chinese mentor, John C.H....

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Pope Francis Is Talking During Plane Flights Again (And You Know What That Means)

It means some folks will be writing their own encyclicals around his words. Shock! Remember...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Jesus, On Feeding The Homeless

On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

The Kind Of Post TIME Magazine Never Picks Up, AKA, Hell Is Real!

The other day TIME Magazine picked up a Patheos post from a different channel in...

June 2014

June 01, 2014

St. John of the Cross On What Ails The Catholic Blog-O-Sphere

Last week was a pretty embarrassing one in the parish of St. Blogs. It was...

April 2014

April 07, 2014

Truly, truly, it wouldn’t be Lent without 40 days of silliness regarding The Incarnation running rampant.

Comes the esteemed history professor from UNC-Chapel Hill wondering for 38 minutes and 37 seconds...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Gay Man Refused Last Rites? “GetReligion” Has Some Thoughts On This Story

You've probably seen the story published by The Washington Post about the gay man who...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Behold! The Stupidity Of Politicizing Everything Under The Sun In 2013…

...will likely continue on into 2014. The latest example of this ludicrous trend? Determining where...

December 23, 2013

Quacking On About Duck Dynasty, Homoeroticism, And The Usefulness Of The Historical-Critical Method

Yesterday, I shared a few of Audrey Assad's thoughts on the Duck Dynasty imbroglio. Calm,...

October 2013

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....

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Unpacking Pope Francis’s Interview (Part III, the Conclusion)

Thus the Holy Spirit can use the humblest to enlighten the learned and those in...

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 23, 2013

Joseph Bottum Writes “The Long Goodbye” UPDATES

Or is it "Farewell My Lovely?" Those are the titles that came to my mind...

August 14, 2013

Salman Rushdie on the “Culture of Offendedness,” and Thoughts of Other Authors Whose Names Start With “S”

From The Independent, with a dateline out of Edinburgh, the noted author observes that we're...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

Clothing the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Flag? Great Moments in ‘Murika!

So there I was, minding my own business, getting ready for a day off tomorrow...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Beware People Bearing Cameras and Microphones Asking Your Opinion About “Our New Pope”

You know, when there isn't one. You may become a pawn of Jimmy Kimmel Live,...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

The Media Conclave Has Begun With the Hope for a Nun

E.J. Dionne holds forth on who the best man for the job of Pope will...

February 15, 2013

Papa Tells a Story: “The Council As I Saw It” and Beware the Hermeneutic of Politics

At five times longer than your average blog post, the article from Vatican Radio published...

February 06, 2013

PETA Outraged at Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Attire

Just when you thought you were safe from hearing anymore about the Super Bowl Halftime...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

The Catholic Bishops of Colorado Respond to Hospitals’ Claim of Unborn Twins Personhood UPDATED

A couple of days ago, my blog neighbor Deacon Greg Kandra shared a news item...

December 2012

December 15, 2012

To Mourn and Embrace Pain in the Present Moment

When words fail, and our hearts are not still, what can we do? When tragedy...

November 2012

November 25, 2012

Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon

Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...

November 15, 2012

The Tragic Death of Savita Halappanavar UPDATED

The news of the tragic passing of Savita Halappanavar is burning up the wires and stirring...

November 14, 2012

Because “It’s like in the Great Stories, Mr. Frodo…”

Back in the beginning, all of the titles for posts answered the statement of the...

October 2012

October 13, 2012

You Don’t Have to be Catholic to Recognize Joe Biden’s Remarkable Incoherence on Abortion

Here at Patheos, there are many different viewpoints from folks from many different faith traditions....

October 12, 2012

Mr. Biden Gets “the Facts” Wrong

Don Clemmer of the USCCB explains, Detective Joe Friday style. Last night, the following statement...

October 01, 2012

So If a Corporation is A Person, and A Person Has Rights…

Then why does the government argue in court that a secular corporation doesn't have rights?...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

Message from Mammon On Student Loan Debt: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Really. It's "contained." Ben Bernanke says so. Cody Willard of Marketwatch gives us reasons to...