I was gladdened to see Bishop Robert Barron’s tweets of anger about the Pew survey. Watch the attached video. (You will also be happy to hear the Pew survey didn’t shock the bishop.)
I wish, though, his excellency had addressed the real cau…
Do you have a favorite saint?
I try not to, but it’s hard to resist, isn’t it?
It’s hard to resist the temptation to feel some strong pull of a saint. Which is why I feel compelled to write about St. Lawrence of Rome today, his feast …
This was one of my favorite episodes of Mad Men.
The post-Vatican II Church epitomizes Don Draper’s very accurate definition of advertising. “Whatever you’re doing … it’s okay. You’re okay.”
I’m Not Ok…
“Well,” said the priest, “at least they go.”
By “go,” he was referring to Mass.
By “they,” he meant the people who dress like tramps, talk and laugh through Mass, and know nothing about the Church’s…
Simple minds seek simple answers.
A man kills innocents with a gun, and the simple mind blames the gun. When a dog sees an approaching shadow, he attacks his tail.
Mass Killings Are Modernism In Action Modernism leads us to simple, but wrong, answers. …
World War I started, really, because Austria-Hungary wanted to stop the Serbian movement to create a Greater Serbia. They were planning to invade the country to make it part of […]
(Disclosure: I am a traditional Catholic.)
Did you know that for every person who enters the Catholic Church in America six leave? It looks like this:
Incoming Catholics Outgoing Catholics 1 6 Why?
Simple answers are often problematic, but on…
A prophet is someone who has the gift of recognizing how current behaviors, beliefs, and trends will bring calamity in the future. Prophets tell us what not to do, and predict the dire consequences that will befall us if we don’t listen.
And we d…
Friends,
Let me begin by saying “I am sorry” to Robert Mueller and his family.
I have been critical of Mr. Mueller and his sham “investigation.” I have been uncharitable to him. And I am sorry.
It became clear today that Mr. Mue…
Q: What was the epitaph on the hypochondriac’s tombstone?
A: “I told you I was sick!”
I happened to see a Facebook post from the George Gilder today. The post announced why Gilder is coming out of retirement at age 79.
(I rarely look…
For a few weeks in June and July, Nancy Pelosi was doing a good job of isolating the Hate Squad. Pelosi realizes that the Hate Squad is bad for Democrats. She saw the Hate Squad growing in media attention, and she worked hard to stop that trend.
Then, …
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Twitter and Facebook and Google are trying to remove all conservatives from their social media platforms….
Should Christians love this world?
A Catholic parish has, as part of its mission statement, “we love this world.”
Does this bother anyone? Besides me, I mean.
I Googled the whole phrase, and here are the top 5 results:
Do Not Love the World…
Should Christians love this world?
A Catholic parish has, as part of its mission statement, “we love this world.”
Does this bother anyone? Besides me, I mean.
I Googled the whole phrase, and here are the top 5 results:
Do Not Love the World…
Imagine yourself in a foreign country with a fake passport, a fake name, a fake cover story, and mission to make it home with stolen, top secret documents from that country’s government.
Now, imagine it’s the first time you’ve ever do…