for the actions of Jared Loughner? Not only have his laser blast filled movies created a climate of violence, but his theories about the end of the world in 2012 map directly to Loughner’s. WHAT DID GEORGE LUCAS KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT? Read more

Leon Suprenant writes: I’m contributing to a new blog on religious vocations hosted by the Institute on Religious Life (IRL), called “An Undivided Heart.” Please check it out from time to time—and also recommend it to others, especially those who are interested in the subject of discernment, spiritualities, vocations, etc. The initial post included a listing of the top ten vocations sites as identified by the U.S. bishops (and IRL’s site was one of them!), while today’s short post is... Read more

…people (generally) recognize that’s kind of loony. If you say, “Vatican Warned Bishops Not To Report Child Abuse” and then follow that inflammatory claim up with documents showing that the Vatican said, “make sure to follow due process in canon law” everybody believes the headline and nobody thinks about the actual evidence of wrongdoing, which is mighty thin on the ground. The notion of the sinister curtain-gliding Jesuit is deeply entrenched in the English-speaking mind. Jimmy Akin takes a look... Read more

We are discussing the fact that the whole “contraception will make abortion a thing of the past” trope hasn’t panned out as planned by the Planners of Parenthood. Read more

EWTN has bought the National Catholic Register. May God continue to bring redemption out of the great evil Maciel wrought. Read more

Come to San Francisco’s Walk for Life this Saturday! Be there! Aloha! Read more

THE VATICAN’S SECRET CONTROL OF THE US MILITARY!!!!!! This totally makes sense. Send the US to war in the Mideast while simultaneously denouncing the war! Of course! Why didn’t I see it all before? Opus Dei and the Knights of Malta: the two most powerful forces for evil in the world today! How could I have been so blind? Dan Brown: forgive me! Read more

May I suggest that Christ the Eternal Tao and not Kung Fu, Bulletproof Monk, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Batman Begins is the place to start. Read more

“Msgr. Pope disagrees with you.” Sorry. Still not buying. If we are going to listen to all the crap about separation of Church and state everytime some kid wants to have a Bible study in a broom closet, then the Feds don’t suddenly get to appoint themselves Theological Arbiters when they have a mind to boss Catholics around. If the bishops are doing a crappy job, that’s their problem. Nothing is helped by letting Caesar start meddling in such matters.... Read more

Hello Mark,I pray this finds you well! The last few days, I’ve been trying to get the word out into the Catholic blogosphere about a new album I released a few months ago – your name came up in a conversation with a student the other day, and I thought you might be a good person to pass it along to, especially since the album title is from a chapter title from Chesterton’s “Manalive” — “The Luggage of an Optimist”.... Read more