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June 2016

June 15, 2016

Because My Brother Imran Yousef Is An American Hero

Another kid from New York was in the nightclub that turned into a killing zone...

June 03, 2016

This Is Why God Invented YouTube…

Sure, the kitten videos are cute, and watching re-runs of MTV is bitchin', and...

May 2016

May 06, 2016

The Only Race I’m Interested In This Year Isn’t Decided In November

And I'm not sorry to say that. Far from it. The horse I'm backing is...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

King Abdullah II of Jordan Is A Good King. Listen To Him

Note that I didn't say that he is a perfect king, or that he is...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Because Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World

There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not...

December 2014

December 08, 2014

Warning: Don’t Travel To The Holy Land, For Thou Shalt Surely Die

Before getting into the meat of this short dispatch that I am typing from Jerusalem,...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Protesters In Baghdad: “I am Christian, Sunni, Shiite, Kurd, Mandean,Yazidi, and I am Iraqi”

ISIS thugs may attempt to kill and intimidate their way to power, but that will...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Pope Francis With The Quote of the Week

"Dear brothers, dear friends, from this holy place I make a heartfelt plea to all...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Mark Your Calendars For The 33rd Annual Chesterton Conference

The 33rd Annual Chesterton Conference will be held at University of Saint Mary of the...

February 14, 2014

For Your Flannery O’Connor Quote Of The Year

To find out about faith, you have to go to the people who have...

December 2013

December 07, 2013

For Dana Gioia’s Thoughts On The Vocation Of The Catholic Writer

A lot of ink has been spilt these last few days since Evangelii Gaudium was...

November 2013

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,...

March 2013

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 11, 2013

If You Love Pope Benedict XVI, Set Him Free

And so we woke up this morning to the news that Pope Benedict XVI is...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

My Bishop Gave the Homily at Stan Musials’ Funeral Mass

I've posted about Bishop Richard Stika a few times in the past. But to be...

January 18, 2013

Fr. Jenkins of Notre Dame to Lead 700 Faculty and Students to the March for Life

A week ago, I shared an op-ed piece written by Fr. John Jenkins, CSC. Fr....

December 2012

December 13, 2012

A Great Example of the New Evangelization…from Canada?!

Beware the conventional wisdom. I mean, everyone knows that the Catholic Church is dead in...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Christian Bale Speaks His Mind, Presents an Award to Chen Guangcheng

“What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Thoughts from the Prophet Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (A Few Words for Wednesday)

What follows are a few paragraphs from Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's lecture that, according to the endnotes, was...

August 18, 2012

Because You Can Never Learn Too Much About The Faith UPDATED

The folks over at John Paul the Great Catholic University have a great idea...

June 2012

June 23, 2012

The Beach Boys Sing the Our Father

Thomas L. McDonald shares his Saturday Song — “The Lord’s Prayer,” as sung by the...

June 06, 2012

Because Catholics Say Stuff Like This…And Mean It

You know, like soon after their city has been devastated by a nuclear bomb. Catholics,...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

“The HHS Mandate is Demeaning to Women.” And Women Are Speaking Out

I said that the HHS Mandate robs women of their liberty in a lot of...

February 2012

February 13, 2012

Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex and More Sex

Catholic style, which is to say, naturally. The Anchoress has a little link filled primer...

February 12, 2012

Because My Pope Speaks Truths Like This

Just recently, back on January 19, 2012 during his address to the bishops of Washington...

February 11, 2012

FYI, The HHS Mandate Petition Skunked the Competition UPDATED

And here's why: meet the real Freedom of Conscience petition, y'all. Because although the NARAL petition...

February 05, 2012

The Neat Thing That Happens When Folks Get Excited…

about something that is larger than themselves is, they get really, selflessly, creative. For example,...

January 2012

January 12, 2012

A Great Idea For Cell Phone Etiquette…

One of the best I've heard, anyway. You know, aside from saying "could you please...

January 02, 2012

Three New Years Resolutions in Song and Truth

Good things come in threes. As if I need to buttress this argument, I present...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

Meet Wyoming Catholic College

I always liked Wyoming. During the summer between my junior and senior year of college,...