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February 2017

February 16, 2017
This one will be short, because my point is singular: American Catholics must avoid the...
February 15, 2017
Lots of people seem to think the “Catholic Left” is a contradiction in terms. Surely...
February 15, 2017
I can’t shake this feeling: Mary said “yes.” She said “yes.” She said, as the...
February 13, 2017
Extremism is a popular topic these days. For the “Right,” it’s of the Islamic variety;...
February 10, 2017
This post is by a new friend of mine, Ben Martin, a PhD student in...
February 09, 2017
Times are, to read the news, bleak. And if I needed any additional confirmation, my...
February 08, 2017
This is a continuation of my recent “Catholic first” shtick (though I suppose that’s always...
February 08, 2017
When I became more rigorously Christian, I recall being plagued by the question of prayer....
February 06, 2017
I am, undeniably, a little late to commenting on the first two-plus weeks of the...

January 2017

January 25, 2017
It seems I can’t go a day without hearing about the pope. Such is the...
January 24, 2017
Irony has been essential in the rise of Donald Trump. I’ve written about it before,...
January 21, 2017
The other day I wrote a reflection entitled, maybe too simply, “Humility.” I took about...
January 19, 2017
I am sandwiched between two worlds. It’s very uncomfortable. On the one hand, I’ve long...
January 06, 2017
Look at your average internet comment box and you’re in for a treat. Take, for...
January 04, 2017
A piece online today at the Washington Post links “liberal” theology to declines in church...
January 03, 2017
Silence might be the most Catholic thing I have ever seen. To truly justify that,...

December 2016

December 30, 2016
Although here at Patheos Catholic we have a few different Eastern bloggers (Henry Karlson and...
December 28, 2016
Self-Interest gets spoken about quite a bit these days, whether in its economic or political...
December 27, 2016
I’ve been pushing a line on 2016. Last week I wrote about the nasty blend...
December 26, 2016
A[c] as I biheeld into the eest an heigh to the sonne, I seigh a...
December 21, 2016
Because, frankly, I haven’t seen one. At liturgy, I have yet to come across the...
December 20, 2016
2016 has been cursed again and again as a year of unbelievable travail, a year...

November 2016

November 30, 2016
I have been meaning to tell this story for a while, but the beginning of...
November 29, 2016
“Hate” might be too strong a word. Say “dislike,” “display skepticism towards,” even “avoid.” Think...
November 21, 2016
The following is a guest post by a friend whose story of conversion from Roman...
November 14, 2016
One must be very careful when speaking about Communism, and I don’t mean because it’s...
November 10, 2016
Yesterday I had six hours of class—six hours that bought me a whole day to...
November 08, 2016
It’s here; it’s finally here—Election Day, November 8, 2016. For many Catholics today has taken...
November 03, 2016
Every day I log onto Facebook and, against my better judgment, end up observing or...
November 01, 2016
Last week, Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia gave a, by-now infamous, speech, read by some as...
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