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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...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Pope Francis Says “Don’t Treat The Church Like A Business.” This Means It Has To Be Run Better Than A Business

Whoa, Frank. Are you putting words in Pope Francis's mouth? No, dear reader. I'm...

June 2014

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,...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

In The News: Alabama Joins EWTN In Suit Against The HHS Mandate, and Benghazi-Gate Gets New Life…

As the HHS takes it on the chin for the failures in allowing folks to...

October 12, 2013

What Can You Personally Do About The Priest Sex Abuse Scandal? UPDATED

This message is for most of us who aren't directly involved in any of the...

September 2013

September 11, 2013

Al-Qaeda Learns How To Lobby Congress? UPDATED

Just put together an American 501(c)(3), nonprofit corporation, call it the Syrian Emergency Task Force, and get...

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...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Diocese of Pittsburgh Sues HHS Over Question of Influence of Lobbyists UPDATED

Remember back when the scandals were erupting from the grounds surrounding the IRS, the spying...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

It’s Not Everyday That The New York Times Says The Obama Administration Has Lost All Credibility…UPDATED

But that's what The Gray Lady did this evening. It's kind of fitting that it...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Archbishop Chaput: “The HHS Mandate Can Only Be Understood As A Form Of Coercion.”

Just in time for the long Memorial Day weekend, Archbishop Chaput's weekly column notes the...

May 21, 2013

Meet the “Catholic Whistleblowers,” Learn the Fate of Father Fugee, and Revisit “Lying for Jesus”

You may recall the recent goings on in the Archdiocese of Newark related to the...

May 17, 2013

That Twilight Zone Moment When The IRS Agent Asks You For The Content Of Your Group Member’s Prayers

That's when you break out your pocket copy of the Constitution, read the agents of...

May 17, 2013

What Does the Benghazi Scandal Have To Do With Religious Liberty?

Or the IRS and AP scandals? Well, just like the claims that people of conscience...

May 15, 2013

Billy Graham Ministries Audited by the IRS After Supporting Marriage Amendment in North Carolina

As the hours click off the clock, more and more folks are coming out of...

May 14, 2013

The National Organization for Marriage Made the IRS “Enemies List?” Do Tell.

Remember how during the Presidential campaign word got out the Mitt Romney had made a...

May 13, 2013

Is It Just Me, Or Has This Been A Tough Week For The Obama Administration?

I mean, it's so bad, even CNN's Piers Morgan is seeing the light. Benghazi, IRS,...

May 06, 2013

An E-Mail Addressed To Me, But Which Is Really For Archbishop Myers

This note popped into my "in basket" this afternoon. It's from a reader, whose...

May 05, 2013

Bishop O’Connell Accepts Resignations of Youth Ministers Who Enabled Fr. Fugee, And Of Parish Pastor UPDATED

The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news...

May 02, 2013

Archbishop Myers Accepts Resignation of Fr. Michael Fugee…

Effective immediately. The news came earlier this evening, via The Star-Ledger's Mark Mueller, The Roman...

May 02, 2013

Has Archbishop Meyers Lifted the Lifetime Ban From Ministering to Youth For Fr. Michael Fugee? UPDATED

It appears that this might be the case, if I'm reading the letter that Archbishop...

May 01, 2013

If This Happened In My Diocese, The Bishop Would Know My Eye Color Down to the Flecks…UPDATED

He would see them up close and personal when I asked questions like, "Isn't there...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Italian Cardinal: Cardinal Mahony Could Be Asked to Skip Conclave

The Cardinal Mahony story just got bigger than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Here's what...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Archbishop Gomez Makes the Call, Removes Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry From the Game UPDATED

With an H/T to my blog neighbor Joanne McPortland, here is the press release from...

January 23, 2013

Call Me A Bad Catholic, But I Agree With John Zmirak

Amen to what The Most Interesting Man in the World says. This may come as...

January 22, 2013

L.A. County District Attorney Reviewing Documents Released by Archdiocese of Los Angeles UPDATED

In a follow up to the Los Angeles Times report that hit the wires yesterday,...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

Love Him, or Hate Him, Stephen Colbert Calls Out Tennessee “Pro-Life” Congressman

Filed under news you'd rather not have heard about, Stephen Colbert's "Alpha Dog of the...

March 2012

March 05, 2012

Bishop Lori Goes “Columbo” on the Editors of “America” Magazine

I don't know about you, dear reader, but I loved Peter Falk's character of the...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Because of the Twilight Zone Episode that My Country Has Become UPDATED

How's that for an answer to "Why I Am Catholic," dear reader? Here, I'll say...

January 04, 2012

A Bishop Has Children Out of Wedlock…Updated!

So you wanted to just be a simple Catholic man. One who tries to...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

What Happens When The Dignity Of Human Beings is Lost

You just thrown their dead bodies away. And then when you are discovered, and your...