Here at CAEI, you get to join my shuffling horde of minions, discuss just about anything, ponder Jean Valjean, contemplate evolution with Mike Flynn, boogie with Charles Nelson Reilly, and gab about lotsa other stuff. And, of course, there’s the convivial atmosphere of the comments boxes where you can argue about vampires, quibble over Latin, compare notes on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and (who knows?) meet the man or woman of your dreams! I ask you: Where else can you... Read more

…has three things to say: First, the new edition of Pilgrim is out (www.pilgrimjournal.com). Pilgrim is a small journal dedicated to a renewal of Catholic literature and arts. In full disclosure, I note it not only because it is a good journal that is new and little-known, but also because it has an essay of mine in the latest issue.  I always remind Catholic readers that if they want more Catholic art and literature, they need to support it. Writers... Read more

…experiences the wacky fun of being a sign of contradiction in the theatre community. Wheee!!! Read more

offers a chivalrous defense of Stacy Trasancos from the shrill screamers of the Gay Sturmabtielung who mounted an all-out assault on her blog when she failed to approve of homosex. Read more

replies to the latest anti-Catholic campaign in the Irish press. Had a nice visit with David when I was in Dublin a few years back. Good man. Read more

has undergone a metamorphosis and is now the Sacred Page Podcast with Michael Barber. Check thou it out! Guys like Barber, Brant Pitre, Tim Gray and Ted Sri are part of a new breed of biblical theologians in the Ratzinger mold who are pouring fresh, fascinating and completely faithful life into Catholic biblical studies. Read more

Sorry, but this does not help much: When visiting with the presbyterate, the Bishop asked the priests to approach respect life issues as teachers, for that is what they are. Teachers create new openings for learning and reduce obstacles. Their intense passion to share the truth leads them to greater patience and prudence and not frustration with and disdain for students who fail to respond appropriately. Their witness to the faith through teaching becomes all the more powerful when the... Read more

A reader writes: Please ask your kind readers to pray for little Sammy. 2 1/2 years old, desparately sick from e-coli. He is in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator. Needs a miracle. Thanks. Father, hear our prayer that Sammy be completely healed in body, mind, soul, and spirit. Grant skill and compassion to his caregivers and grace, peace, strength and consolation to all who love him. We ask all this through Christ our Lord, to the glory... Read more

A reader writes: If you could include my family in your prayer requests, I would be grateful. We’ve suffered for two-and-half years from what the government likes to call “underemployment,” and we have finally reached our limits. We’ve made a payment on our mortgage every month, but it hasn’t been enough and the house is teetering on the edge of foreclosure. Other financial problems are coming at us full speed. We pay for our own health insurance, and cannot do... Read more

Combox Warriors are applying all their ingenuity to smoking out the *real* reason that the Bp. of Amarillo has asked Fr. Pavone to curtail his fundraising and travel and take some time for prayer and reflection. It is not, of course, because it’s possible the bishop actually thinks that Fr. Pavone has let social activism take priority over his priesthood and he needs to dial back and take a look at his priorities. No. That’s far too reasonable. Ed Peters... Read more