in St. Blog’s about that Civilta Cattolica piece critiquing Church Militant and pointing out the absurdity of the “Trump=Constantine/Hillary=Diocletian” blather of the Greatest Catholics of All Time. It’s a perfectly sensible analysis of the special dumbness of trying to making *this* guy God’s Anointed in the War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness. But it means that Rome, with Francis’ approval, has just said, “We see you and we see that you are full of it.” So... Read more
in the “ecumenism of the trenches” to oppose the Culture of Death that seeks to deprive more than 20 million of the least of these of access to health care. Bravo! Read more
Pope Posts “No Whining” Sign on His Office Door No. Really: A sign posted outside the door of Pope Francis’ office in the Domus Sanctae Marthae that reads “No whining” (Photo courtesy Vatican Insider/La Stampa) I love this guy so much. Read more
I love the different ways Jesus reaches people: “It was around this time that Read found something fresh in one of her favorite books, ‘I Capture the Castle.’ ‘The book was written for children, and I read it almost every year,’ Read says. ‘I read the book for comfort. There’s one scene where the protagonist Cassandra, whom I’ve always identified with, has this conversation with this vicar. I never noticed what he said to her – it was about art... Read more
on “Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism in the USA: A surprising ecumenism“. Check it out! Read more
I’m speaking about Mary tonight at 7 PM at Our Lady of Fatima parish. I look forward to seeing you there! Read more
I went to a strange and beautiful planet and saw incredible things! My latest at the Catholic Weekly. Read more
Here’s a little piece on the Church’s tradition concerning the demonic that I wrote for Our Sunday Visitor recently. Read more
It’s like giving Ann Coulter some award for Greatness in American Letters named for Flannery O’Connor. It doesn’t elevate Coulter. It just insults O’Connor. NY Times on the Hugo Awardification of the Right Wing Noise Machine: Fox News host Sean Hannity will receive the William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence later this year at a gala dinner in Washington, D.C. As honors go, neither the award nor the organization bestowing it — the Media Research Center — is... Read more
…affected his campaign and the GOP party platform on Ukraine. National Review gets it. As of now, we should have zero confidence that we know all or even most material facts. We should have zero confidence that Trump’s frustration is entirely due to his feeling like an innocent man caught in the crosshairs of crazed conspiracy theorists. It now appears that his son, son-in-law, and campaign chair met with a lawyer who they were told was part of an official... Read more
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