He will not tolerate Catholic religious liberty! The question is not whether the Church will survive the growing hostility directed at it by the United States. The question is whether the United States will survive. To hate Christ is to love the spirit of suicide. Read more

The roar of approval for Gingrich’s smackdown of the press last night was not so much about Gingrich’s disgusting and chutzpah-filled defense of his vile behavior as it was a volcanic eruption of contempt for a media richly deserving of that contempt. It is notable that this contemptible media engages in not one scintilla of reflection about that in the wake of that. Really Gingrich and the media are (like Gingrich and Freddie Mac) deeply incestuous (but then, we know... Read more

…by the fuzziness of the application of Canon 216 (the one about Catholic thingies/organizations/blogs/internet undertakings/[insert organization here] not calling themselves “Catholic” without permission from the bish. I think this is a classic case where the bureaucratic side of Catholicism simply hasn’t caught up with reality, so the normal canon law caveats about “in most cases” is applied with a lot of generosity. Here’s the deal: The Latin conception of law is to make rules about everything and then list all... Read more

for Obama supporters: How would you have reacted in 2008 if any Republican ran promising to do the following? (1) Codify indefinite detention into law; (2) draw up a secret kill list of people, including American citizens, to assassinate without due process; (3) proceed with warrantless spying on American citizens; (4) prosecute Bush-era whistleblowers for violating state secrets; (5) reinterpret the War Powers Resolution such that entering a war of choice without a Congressional declaration is permissible; (6) enter and... Read more

In which I reply to somebody with a novel theory of Catholic engagement with politics. The Register site appears to be on the fritz at present. We Register bloggers have taken a survey and agree that Simcha Fisher’s awesomeness shorted out the server and broke the internet. Please direct all complaints to her. And keep trying with the link. Read more

to read what Pope Benedict has to say and not to trust to the pseudoknowledge about him foisted on us by the media. The man is thoughtful, gentle, brilliant, holy, and clear as a bell. It’s why, everywhere he goes, even into deepest darkest anti-Catholic England (the land where all religions are equally superior to the Catholic faith) Benedict is always greeted with surprise that he is not the Rottweiler that pack journalism still lazily believes him to be (because... Read more

I ask for your prayers as I am going to the March for Life on Monday! It’s a big step for me but I feel that the time is right even if only a few people know the real reason behind my going. Here’s my latest post. God bless you Mark! May God bless everybody who goes to demonstrate for the sancity of human life and may the scourge of abortion pass from our land swiftly through Christ our Lord.... Read more

…is okay in my book: Greetings from Nawlins’, O Vast & Crimsonly Bearded One, We in the New Orleans Regional Pit of Doom would be pleased to see a link on your blog to a new Dominican project of the Irish Province: Dominican Interactive. They have a new post up about St Catherine of Siena. Yours in quivering obsequiousness, Fr. Philip Neri, OP Okay. First “Vast & Crimsonly Bearded One” is great. Second, OPs rock. Third… um… something about Rick... Read more

…who hates America, babies and God and wants to plunge us into a socialist peacenik nightmare of constitutionalism, common sense, and obedience to Holy Church on matters of cold-blooded murder. But he is pretty funny. Read more

My name is Christian Ohnimus, I’m a senior nursing major at Franciscan University and I’ve been reading your blog for four or five years now. I’m writing to you because I’ve recently started a new blog called “Democrazy” that can be found here. My hope with this blog is to participate in American political discourse and offer a genuine Catholic insight, especially to my fellow Catholics who regrettably support intrinsic evils such as torture, American imperialism and so on in... Read more