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This is relevant for a Catholic publication because I fleetingly mock Life Teen. Read more
This is relevant for a Catholic publication because I fleetingly mock Life Teen. Read more
1. Jen Fulwiler’s long-anticipated spiritual memoir, Something Other than God, is finally out! Well, it will be out in March, and available for pre-order in December. I love conversion stories, and Jen is such a clear, honest, compelling writer. Here’s the cover, designed by John Herreid, who also did my book’s cover. Can’t wait to read it! 2. Rebecca Frech, author of Teaching in Your Tiara, has written a neat review of my book for Catholic Lane. I was... Read more
From Rorate Caeli: Mario Palmaro, the Italian traditional Catholic writer and journalist who has authored many books and articles together with his friend Alessandro Gnocchi … told Italian daily Libero about [the telephone call from the Pope]. In September and October, after a very critical article published in Il Foglio, Palmaro and Gnocchi were summarily fired by Catholic broadcaster Radio Maria after several years of work in the station. Palmaro says: “Pope Francis told me that he was very close to me,... Read more
That’s what the Jewish Daily Forward can say to Pope Francis, because they just named him one of the 50 most influential Jews in the United States. (Apparently they traditionally choose two non-Jewish candidates who show “respect and an understanding of Jewish culture”). Of course, they could just as easily have chosen Benedict XVI or John Paul II Or Pope Paul VI or Pope John XXIII and of course Pope Pius XII. So next time you meet the pope and want to... Read more
I’ve been hearing for years that this was possible, but I didn’t expect to see it: the Chinese government will now “allow” some of its citizens to bear up to two children. From Reuters: Couples in which one parent is an only child will now be able to have a second child, one of the highlights of a sweeping raft of reforms announced three days after the ruling Communist Party ended a meeting that mapped out policy for the next... Read more
Devin Rose has written a harrowing account of their adoption story. It begins, Several years ago we adopted three children. We are no longer their parents. This is the story of what happened. Everyone should read this. Everyone. It is so important. It’s not only about adoption, it’s about making decisions in love. God bless Devin and Katie and all of the children they love and care for. I am so grateful to them for having the courage to express... Read more
We all got ’em. We need to learn how to leave ’em in the stable. Read more
JoAnna Wahlund asked some killer questions. Here’s how the interview ends: Are you and your family being pursued by albino monk assassins dispatched by the “NFP-Is-A-Heresy” Cabal? Yeah, but I reminded them that self flagellation and the wearing of the cilice barely registers as suffering when you compare it with trying to figure out a postpartum chart. Ba bing! So much fun. Click here to read the rest. Read more
The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning read aloud by yours truly, from Audible.com. It will be released on Dec.1 but you can pre-order it right now. It was tons of fun to record, and yes, every single time I got to one of the more . . . intimate parts, I flubbed it, and had to say it again. And again. And again. I’m not sure why the recording guy built his own studio and got into this... Read more
Look, it’s a post! About things! A full hour and one minute before midnight on the day it’s supposed to go up! And even better, this story saved me from having to write about Putin again. (Even though, seriously — the Pope is going to meet with him in a few weeks. Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on that wall? Word is, he’s going to tie a rock around Putin’s neck and toss him in the Trevi Fountain.) Read more
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