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August 2014

August 19, 2014

James Foley, Marquette ’96, Writing On The Power Of Prayer UPDATED

The reports are flooding in that journalist James Foley has been beheaded by the terrorists...

August 07, 2014

ISIS: Modern Day Iconoclasts Bent On Cleansing Islam Of Idolatry

The wildflower that has sprung up in the power vacuums created in the Syrian and...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim Meets Pope Francis In Rome

And she receives a blessing from il Papa. Vatican Radio has the story. Meriam Ibrahim,...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

SCOTUS Decides In Favor of Hobby Lobby UPDATES and Reaction Roundup

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that closely held corporations...

June 19, 2014

Praise Report: Michael Schumacher Has Regained Consciousness

Back in January I asked folks to pray for the 7 time Formula One champion's...

June 18, 2014

Federal Judge Denied EWTN Protection From HHS Mandate UPDATED

Statement of Michael P. Warsaw, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN...

June 17, 2014

I’m Going To Go Out On A Limb Here, And Say I Prefer My Parish Priest To Be Armed Like Sheriff Andy Taylor

Which is to say without any temporal weapons. Unfortunately, the tragedy in the FSSP parish...

June 14, 2014

To Pray For Our Christian Brethren Who Are Under Attack In Iraq UPDATED

Where I live, it's another lovely Saturday. The kids slept in, the lawns are being...

June 10, 2014

The Most Interesting Man In The World And Phil Lawler Agree: Archbishop Carlson Is Incredible UPDATED

And I mean incredible in the following sense of the word. Unbelievable, beyond belief,...

June 04, 2014

An Alabama Ministry Uses A Quote From Hitler On Their Billboard?

Now why didn't we think of that?* A billboard at the Village Mall in Auburn,...

June 04, 2014

On Hamlet, Our Sins, And The Man In The Mirror UPDATED

I was going to write a long and involved post on the little news item...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

BREAKING: Harvard’s Black Mass to Be Held Off Campus CANCELLED

And Now: Satanic black mass 'postponed indefinitely' amid outcry. Earlier, Perhaps our prayers are...

May 08, 2014

Since When Did Satan Become Such A Square?

That's the thought that occurred to me when I was reading the Satanic Temple's mission...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Pope Francis Calls A Divorced Lady In Argentina And Says, “It’s Okay For You To Receive Communion?” UPDATED

And she's remarried? Yeah, I'll believe it when I see the press conference. From across...

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...

April 05, 2014

Your Quote of the Week: Andrew Sullivan’s Words of Wisdom

Regarding the (coerced?) resignation of Mozilla CEO, Brendan Eich. As I said last night, of course Mozilla has the...

April 04, 2014

Good News On Michael Schumacher…UPDATED

Via AP, GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Michael Schumacher is now showing "moments of consciousness and...

March 2014

March 16, 2014

Is Bill Gates Tip-toeing His Way Towards Catholicism? Is Westboro Baptist’s Fred Phelps?

I don't know the answer to either question, actually. Only they, and God, know. I...

March 06, 2014

Five Songs to Usher In Lent (2014 Edition)

It has been a roller coaster of a week. Russia invited themselves into Ukraine, Pope...

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...

February 18, 2014

Pope Francis Is Just Like Us (Exhibit # 742: He Renews His Argentine Passport)

You know how when your passport, or your drivers license, comes up for renewal, and...

February 12, 2014

Jon Stewart Explains Why I Rarely Watch The News On Television

Because our best and brightest were canned long ago, and they replaced with folks who...

February 06, 2014

The Pope’s Harley Davidson Super Glide Fetches $327K At Auction

The proceeds will benefit a shelter and soup kitchen in Rome that is run by...

February 05, 2014

CVS Stops Selling Tobacco Products, But You Can Still Buy Your Sex Toys There

More news that is being greeted with hosannas from the world today is the decision...

February 05, 2014

The Vatican To The United Nations, “Say What?”

You have probably seen that some committee at the UN has said that the Catholic...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

SCOTUS Scuttles Plan That Would Have Forced Nuns To Violate Their Conscience

It's temporary, so look for the Administration to raise this ship from the bottom again....

January 06, 2014

BREAKING: SCOTUS Suspends Same-Sex Marriages In Utah

The Associated Press shared the news a few minutes ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

BREAKING: Justice Sotomayor Blocks Enforcement Of The HHS Mandate UPDATED

This just in from the Associated Press, WASHINGTON (AP) — Only hours before the law...

December 30, 2013

Cthulhu Sees You When You’re Sleeping; He Knows When You’re Awake

He knows if you've been bad, or good. So be good for goodness sake. Because...

December 27, 2013

Duck Dynasty Rises Again (The First World May Exhale Now)

Phil Robertson and the suits at A&E have kissed, and made up. Or maybe it's...