The Comments Section

Had several complaints in my email box and in the comments sections, themselves, about the new format. So, I’ll ask again: would you like to go back to the old commenting format? If so I will do it, but do be aware that there is a chance we’ll lose all the comments accrued in Disqus [...]

Santa Cruz Media on Fr. Corapi

It was not my intention to comment on this memo that was released by Santa Cruz media in defense of Fr. John Corapi. I was frankly happy to see passions abating from previous posts on the subject, and earlier in the week I had decided that, until something was “known” I would not post any [...]

Annunciation; Restoration Calls – UPDATED

The Annunciation by D. Werburg Welch “I am the Lord, there is no other; I form the light and create the darkness; I make well-being and create woe; I, the Lord, do all these things. Let justice desend, O heaven, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the [...]

EWTN Explains about Corapi Programming UPDATED

Although EWTN had already made a statement announcing that it was pulling its Father Corapi programing until the matters concerning him are settled, the network must have gotten a lot of negative feedback from people who are hurting about the controversy and also — I am sadly sure — from people telling them what shameful, [...]

Dame Elizabeth Taylor RIP – UPDATED

A great role, a great performance and a GREAT dress. One of my all-time favorites. No one could wear white like Elizabeth Taylor. And she had the tiniest waist! I always appreciated that Taylor was a shortie, curvy woman, and not an immense stick-insect — even though my other film femme fave was Katharine Hepburn. [...]

You can find anything on the internet…

Even your religion. Max Lindenman describes his experience: So great was my desperation that I felt no surprise, only relief, at finding the wit I sought on a right-wing discussion board, in the religion forum, and among the Catholics. Before Ted Haggard’s fall and Rick Warren’s rise, a certain section of American Bible Christianity was [...]

36 Hours after Corapi-Stormfall – UPDATES!

“God knows full well all that is happening and if Father Corapi is innocent as he claims, then perhaps the priest is being used as a poster child to fix a broken process. “ — Diane Korzeniewski, TeDeum Laudamus Blog Those are the sanest words yet written about this story, which is producing a lot [...]