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Desert Hearts: I watch “The Jewish Cardinal”
Lord, if this is how You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few...
December 2018
December 10, 2018
“It’s hard to be gay and Catholic. It doesn’t have to be.”
I'm in the Washington Post in re: Pope Francis & gay priests: Homosexuality in the...
April 2016
April 20, 2016
Amoris Laetitia: Pregnancy Counseling, Penitence, And Pudding
my take at First Things: Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your...
December 2015
December 20, 2015
“Pope Opens Holy Door at Homeless Shelter”: Vatican Radio
woot: Pope Francis on Friday visited a new homeless shelter in Rome’s Termini – John...
September 2015
September 21, 2015
Papal Fever: Prayer Grotto and Pope Plushies in Phila…. Security Barriers and Metro Madness in DC
So this country is kind of losing what remains of its mind over the Pope,...
October 2014
October 20, 2014
Small Synod Notes: Not All Gay This Time. (But Mostly Gay.)
* Obviously I'm disappointed that the language of sacrificial love and welcome couldn't get a...
October 02, 2014
“A Lonely Hearts Church”: I review a new Archdiocese of Philadelphia Catechesis on Family Life
for AmCon: Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive is a slim volume, more...
September 2014
September 02, 2014
“Hard Questions We’re Not Asking Pope Francis”: John L. Allen, Jr
item #2: Sex abuse is another front. An exception came with an Aug. 24 piece...
July 2014
July 03, 2014
I’m Interviewed in America Magazine About “Gay and Catholic”
and vocation, the Eucharist, why we should all care less about the Pope, etc etc:...
March 2014
March 28, 2014
Squid Video, Vaticanomics, Francis vs the Doctors, African Fiction: Four Friday Things
The things I've been reading. This week's theme is "Things I Know Little About." Inebriate...
December 2013
December 03, 2013
“Serious Christians Should Abstain From”… Thing I Totally Did
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry makes a very good point: Remember when Pope Francis gave that interview? And...
October 2013
October 01, 2013
The Pope and the Pregnancy Center
Last night I put in my two hours at the pro-life pregnancy center where I...
September 2013
September 21, 2013
Francis’s Conservatism (Uh, Sort Of)
I finally had the chance to read that really fascinating interview with the Pope. And...
July 2013
July 30, 2013
I’m quoted in this article about Pope Francis & gay Christians
Here it is!
June 2013
June 13, 2013
“Called to Celibacy Unchosen”: Aaron Taylor
in First Things: Addressing women who knew they would never be able to marry because...
May 2013
May 30, 2013
It’s the Feast Day of St Joan of Arc
A great day to criticize the Church hierarchy! And also to burn dinner!
May 23, 2013
“Spiritual Unemployment”: Three Links on Pope Francis and Redemption
First Things quotes a different pope--Benedict XVI: The question that torments us is . ....
May 06, 2013
“Pope: Mary Helps Us Not Be ‘Teenagers for Life'”: Catholic News Agency
reports: After praying the Rosary this evening, Pope Francis reflected on how Mary “gives us...
March 2013
March 28, 2013
LA County juvenile detainees’ letters to Pope Francis
We welcome their voices and publish the letters that will be read at a service...
March 28, 2013
“Cardinal Dolan Visits Maximum-Security Prison”
NYT: As Roman Catholics worldwide commemorate Holy Week, Cardinal Dolan chose Wednesday morning to visit...
November 2012
November 27, 2012
A papal punchline
Benedict XIV was also a snuff-taker. He is said to have once offered his snuffbox...
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