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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 08, 2012

Fr. Pontifex Strikes Again…

Father Claude Dusty Burns with a little ditty on the compatibility of faith and reason....

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,...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Thoughts on the Role of the Laity on this Feast of St. Joan of Arc UPDATED

And so we leave Eastertide behind. Before we move on into "Ordinary Time", recall the...

May 24, 2012

Lifting the Veil on the HHS Mandate And a Query to the Administration UPDATED

Joanne McPortland does all of the heavy lifting for us. All we have to do...

May 23, 2012

Because the Catholic Church is Flying Under the Gaydar, and Way Over It Too UPDATED

In fact, she transcends homosexuality in the same manner that she transcends everything, be it...

May 21, 2012

The Dozen Lawsuits Filed Today Garnered all of 15 Seconds on CBS News. We Shall Overcome.

Calvin and Hobbes are at it again, making great points in less than 10 seconds....

May 10, 2012

Because of Natural Law and Politics

One of the early agreements Webster Bull and I had when he invited me aboard...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Between the Scylla and Charybdis and Apocalypse Now

If you are a Catholic News junkie, coming to the internet everyday for your fix...

April 23, 2012

Scripture Quote of the Week…

From St. Paul's letter to the Romans (13:8,10), Avoid getting into debt, except the debt...

April 15, 2012

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Shakespeare and a Song

A truth about us as human beings is that we desire justice and not mercy....

April 12, 2012

The Bishops Give Us A History Lesson On Religious Liberty And A Call For Prayer

You would have to have been living under a rock not to know that religious...

April 07, 2012

Because the HHS Mandate Amounts to Arbitrary Discrimination…

and that just isn't right. The above poster, with thoughts from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, reminds...

April 06, 2012

Without Neil Young, Musical Jeremiads Like This…

wouldn't have been made. Neil doesn't use Jim Marshall's amplifiers. They didn't give him the...

April 04, 2012

Spam Bots Now Know…

...that my investment insights are as invaluable as the sorcerers stone, and likely to enrich...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

How to Approach Christ in the Eucharist (A Few Words for Wednesday)

The Eucharist has been on my mind lately. This evening at our parish, my wife...

March 25, 2012

Because God Is A Crazy Farmer, Thankfully! UPDATED

I've been working in the yard around Casa del Weathers. One thing I've been doing...

March 15, 2012

Mr. Obama? Beware the Lee Shore…And the Rock UPDATED

Do you know where political careers go to die? Upon the rock that is the...

March 12, 2012

Because the Bishops Aren’t Consensus Leaders, But Consensus Molders UPDATED

The title to this post came to me this morning directly from the mind of...

March 10, 2012

So Matthew Archbold Thought He Didn’t Sign Up For This

He starts his latest post over on the National Catholic Register like a marathoner who...

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...

March 08, 2012

News for the “War on Women” Contingent: the HHS Mandate Makes War on Your Liberty and Your Gender UPDATED

Period. End of story. That is the truth. The problem, though, is that the truth...

March 05, 2012

The Truth About the HHS Mandate in 2 Minutes

Thanks to the good folks over at Americans United for Life. What? You expected the...

March 04, 2012

Ben Franklin’s Warning, Winston Churchill’s Observation, And Catholic Support for the Rights of Mankind UPDATED

For about a few months now, I've been mentioning things political that should matter to...

March 02, 2012

The Politics of the HHS Mandate Made Clear UPDATED

It's all about getting votes for the incumbent, and staying in power. It's a calculated...

March 01, 2012

Because the Vatican has the Coolest Archive On the Planet

But you knew that already, right? A preview of the official video for the exhibition-event...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Fr. Leo Gives the POTUS the Finger on the HHS Mandate?

It's Presidents Day here in the U.S., and I'm on holiday. That means I get...

February 17, 2012

The Women That Testified to Congress that Planned Parenthood Missed?

They're right here, folks. Did you have any friends, relatives, or acquaintances plaster the photograph...

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 13, 2012

A Message to the Administration from the Communion of Saints on the HHS Mandate

What the Obama Administration doesn't seem to understand is a truth that needs only to...