I have been invited to take part in a guest column at the Washington Post on “If I were Pope.” Go here to read it.

Here is my profile on Cardinal Peter Erdo of Budapest.

A reader asked for the sources for a couple of my statements in a post recently about celibacy and sex abuse. Namely the assertion that most abuse is perpetrated by married men not single men–therefore marriage for Catholic priests will not solve the sex abuse problem. The reader also questioned my assertion that most of [...]

So I’m driving my sixteen year old over to the youth group and I observe that it is really pretty cool when you think about it–all the Cardinals gathering from the four corners of the globe to elect a pope. I mean, what other religion has something like that? All geared up in their red [...]

Here is today’s papabile profile: Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston.

What has contraception to do with celibacy? The quick witted might observe that celibacy is the most effective contraception. It’s also a sure fire way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. However, that’s not the point of the headline. Instead I’ve been thinking about the way artificial contraception has radically changed the whole  idea not only [...]

Here is today’s Papabile Profile: Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana

Here’s my profile of Cardinal Schonborn.

Get to know your Cardinals! Here is my latest Papabile Profile for Aleteia on Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi.

I can speak from experience. I was a celibate Anglican priest for seven years. Then I got married. I was a married Anglican priest for three years. Then we joined the Catholic church. I was in the married state as a layman for ten years. Now I am a married Catholic priest and have been [...]

Here is my latest papabile profile for Aleteia…

I’m in Atlanta conducing a parish mission this week, so blogging may be sparse. However, here is an article just published on Intercollegiate Review on the religious education of teenagers and college students. There are three ways to respond to religious instruction: polite conformity, rebellion or intelligent inquiry. Jump over there and read it as [...]

It is understandable that mainstream media folks don’t quite “get it” when it comes to the papal resignation. You can’t expect them to be experts at everything, but it does annoy when they don’t bother to consult people who are experts. One headline reads, “Catholic Church Leaderless”. Yes, in a way, but it the papacy is [...]

Jennifer Fulwiler has a great interview with Patrick Madrid about the teen apologetics camp in North Carolina run by Envoy Institute Check it out here.

In all the drama of today’s farewell to Pope Benedict XVI, and amidst all the high level comment, intellectual analysis and historical accounting of his legacy, here are the very personal reasons why Benedict mattered to me. 1. He granted the dispensation from the vow of celibacy that opened the door for my ordination as [...]

Here is my latest papabile profile–on Cardinal Angelo Scola. Also, here is an article on Rage-–Pretty scary. By the way, Aleteia is a new, trending website giving a Catholic perspective on news and current events. Check it out and bookmark it!

Go here for my latest article for Aleteia–Aleteia is a new website dedicated to Catholic thought and current events. My piece features the British economist and Catholic convert E.F.Schumacher–who was much influenced by Catholic social teaching and the Distributism of Chesterton, Belloc and others. I also recommend that you bookmark Aleteia. They’ve got some great [...]

Here is the link to my weekly newsletter FaithWorks! – This week an article on Almsgiving, a picture of the Transfiguration, an article on the Wilderness experience, Points to Ponder and more.

For a Lenten penance this morning I read some mainstream articles about the Catholic Church. It’s amazing how, at this historic time, the Church is under full blown attack. Cardinal O’Brien resigns after allegations of “inappropriate behavior” by fellow priests, a “top-secret” dossier in the Vatican (which we all know must be full of terrible [...]

Join me, Pat Madrid, Fr Mitch Pacwa and others for a fantastic apologetics camp this summer.

Today’s headline in the Daily Telegraph informs us that Keith Cardinal O’Brien of Scotland has resigned because of allegations by four men of “inappropriate behavior” from as far back as 1980. The problem with these allegations is that they are so vague, and yet this new term of universal damnation: “inappropriate behavior” seems to stick. [...]

John Allen’s profile today: Peter Erdo of Budapest, Hungary–a very interesting candidate, and for the Malachy Prophecy hounds his names is Peter…cue Twilight Zone theme…