So some outfit called Yehud-Monosson USA wound up in bankruptcy court. Their plea: Across the country the court systems and particularly the Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota, are composed of a bunch of ignoramus, bigoted Catholic beasts that carry the sword of the church. Judge Dennis O’Brien is a Jesuit, Judge Nancy Dreher is a Catholic Knight Witch Hunter, U.S. Trustee Colin Kreuziger is a priest’s boy, and the infamous Chapter 7 Trustee Nauni Manty is a Jesuitess. And this: Given... Read more

Namely, the burning issue of Looney Toons. It’s a huge and important subject, deserving no less than three critical essays, and Steve is equal to the challenge. Go here, here, and here. The fun thing about being Catholic is that it means everything is a legitimate subject of interest. Read more

Remus, whose secret identity is known to your humble scribe, but which wild horses cannot drag from me, offers an utterly ingenious–nay, almost patristic–allegorical reading of the Star Wars trilogy in which he finds the entire history of the Catholic Church post-Vatican II prophetically revealed by hitherto unguessed theological genius and prophet George Lucas. Don’t believe it? Tolle, lege! Read more

From a convert to the Catholic Church: “I went from non-denominational to PRE-denominational.” Perfect. Read more

A reader writes: My Grandma had fallen in the bathroom and broke her femur where it meets the knee. She had went to the hospital and had a successful knee operation. But, during the surgery she had got a blood clot in her lung. The clot of course affected her breathing and they had to force ventilation into her lungs (I pray God be with her.) Please ask for prayers and storm heaven, if possible, and for the clot to... Read more

…that when the rule of law suffers bipartisan attempted murder in a Paris Hilton culture like ours, the clearest most serious treatment of the danger we face is given us, not in our largely co-opted corporate “serious” news media, but by a comedian: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on... Read more

Some time back Bp. Cupich decided, for completely incoherent reasons, to stiff arm 40 Days for Life, as well as to try to crush any involvement by clergy and seminarians in this fine, widely approved by American bishops, peaceful witness to human life. He partly backed down, due to embarrassing publicity (as near as I can tell). But his icy treatment of the prolife movement in Spokane continues. Witness this recent letter to me from John Weingarten, who heads Spokane’s... Read more

A Canadian reader writes: Our Ontario Premier wants to indoctrinate 3rd grade children into “exploring” their gender identity (male, female, transgendered, transsexual, two-spirited and inter-sexed), even without the approval of their parents! The people behind stuff like this don’t wan’t tolerance. They want domination. And they could not care less about the natural rights of parents. Indeed, “natural” is a bad word in that subculture, as is “unnatural”. Read more

First, of course, is the ludicrous joke of La Donald hosting a debate, which at least some candidates could not abase themselves to participate in because they have, you know, a shred of dignity and decency left. (Though Our Man Newt is, of course, johnny on the spot when money talks). Next, and particularly exquisite, is the spectacle of Fox News, vigilant against the telltale traces of leftist “brainwashing” in the new Muppet movie. No. Really: It’s like the “conservatism”... Read more

This sort of article is a classic example of how the seeds of the word are already present in a lot of popular culture. Much of it rehashes counsel that comes to us from the New Testament: be thankful, live in hope, don’t enviously compare yourself with others, be kind, love your neighbor, learn patience, forgive. It gets a bit New Agey when we start being counseled to “increase flow experiences” (which, I *think* translates into Christianese as “do the... Read more