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May 2016

May 16, 2016

BREAKING: SCOTUS Decides Not To Decide On The HHS Mandate UPDATED

Perhaps it's a positive development. The Becket Fund is calling it a win for the...

May 13, 2016

Did Pope Francis Really Say “Go Ahead, Make My Day” Yesterday?

You know, about asking for a conference on the subject of women and the diaconate....

May 12, 2016

Pope Francis To Form Commission To Study Women Deacon Option UPDATES

The source? Fr. James Martin,SJ, via Facebook: Huge news. Josh McElwee of NCR and...

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...

May 03, 2016

Must See TV: Katie Couric Interviews Family Pope Francis Rescued From Lesbos

Come and see... Pull quote for the ages, “He’s a very kind man,” said Nour....

May 03, 2016

Breaking: Italian Supreme Court Knows When Stealing Food Is Lawful

Here in the U.S., we're busy making it illegal to hand out food to the...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Man In Same-Sex Marriage Denied Communion At His Mother’s Funeral Mass UPDATED

View image | gettyimages.com It happened on July 10, 2015 at St. Helena Catholic Church...

July 16, 2015

Bishop Richard Stika’s Statement On The Loss Of The Marines Killed In Chattanooga

Requiescat in pace, Marines. Let us pray, Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

In Israel, Christian Holy Sites Are Targeted. Who Is Targeting Them May Surprise You…

Let's just say that in the case of the fire at the Church of the...

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...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Coming To A Post Office Near You: The Flannery O’Connor Postage Stamp

There it is, with peacock feathers, and everthang. It's supposed to be available come June...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Yet Again, The Supreme Court Hammers Away At The HHS Mandate

The Beckett Fund For Religious Liberty shares the news, Washington, D.C. – Moments ago, for...

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 02, 2015

Catholic University In Indiana Affirms The Revised RFRA Signed Into Law Earlier Today

You might have missed the news if you were at Mass for Holy Thursday, but...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

If The World Is Trying To Distract You, Then It’s Probably Holy Week

Oh, look at the calendar! It IS Holy Week. So right when you'd really like...

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...

March 26, 2015

Did Pope Francis Post A Turkey To A Bishopric In Chile? UPDATED

It's looking like it, if you asked me. But nobody asked me, nor would they...

March 22, 2015

MUST SEE TV: 60 Minutes Segment On Iraqi Christians Persecuted By ISIS

It's 13 minutes and 23 seconds worth of pathos. Lara Logan has the story, For...

March 20, 2015

Big News Of The Day: Cardinal O’Brien Resigns His Office

Now here's something you don't see everyday. Cardinal O'Brien joins an elite circle of folks...

March 18, 2015

BREAKING: The Cathedral Of St. Maytag Is Stuck On Rinse Cycle UPDATED

Finally. We have a scandal that we can literally call "Watergate" without blinking an eye....

February 2015

February 22, 2015

What ISIS Really, Really, Wants, And More Importantly, What Joe Six-Pack Wants For ISIS

So, there was this article published by The Atlantic online a week or so...

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...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

I Don’t Always Agree With George Clooney, But When I Do…UPDATED

It's when he says we shouldn't be bowing down to sovereign terrorists from North Korea....

December 16, 2014

The Right Way To Interrogate Enemy Prisoners Of War, Courtesy Of A Marine Who Was A Missionary UPDATED

This is the last time I'll be posting about this subject. Yesterday I shared a...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

The Thanksgiving Holiday Isn’t Catholic, But It’s Looking Like William Shakespeare Was

So be thankful for that! Guess what else? There is a Jesuit angle that may...

November 17, 2014

The Shelby GT 350 Returns…UPDATED

It's baaack. And it's badder than ever. Roll clip, Remember, folks, that the Mustang...

November 06, 2014

The 6th Circuit Court’s Wise Decision On Same-Sex Marriage

Just the other day I was joking on Facebook that I welcome our new judicial...

September 2014

September 06, 2014

Joe Six-Pack’s Succinct Thoughts On ISIS, Archbishop Sheen, The Whirlwind At The Archdiocese of Pravda, And MOAR

It's been a weird month so far in the internet version of Catholiclandia and we're...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

James Foley’s Last Letter: Prayers, Family, and Love

Throughout my Marine Corps career, I wrote many letters home to my family. I...

August 22, 2014

The Obama Administration Issues Revision #8 To The HHS Mandate

Of course, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has the scoop. This is what  Lori Windham,...