Exhibit A: A human toothache who thinks he’s an atheist is upset because he took a job at a Catholic hospital and they did not stop being Catholic to accommodate him. He’s so atheistic he’s mad that they won’t let him log on to occult and alternative religion sites. Remember: he’s all about Reason. Read more

in which the invaluable Iowahawk offers deep apologies to Frank Sinatra. Read more

A reader writes: 1st, a prayer request: Please pray for some family friends who are currently in the hospital with their only daughter. She is only 1 year old and although she’s been in the hospital for over two weeks, they still don’t have a confirmed diagnosis. It is more than likely a life-threatening auto-immune disease. She has been transferred to the ICU as of yesterday because of internal bleeding. Please pray for strength for her parents and for a... Read more

A reader writes: 1st, a prayer request: Please pray for some family friends who are currently in the hospital with their only daughter. She is only 1 year old and although she’s been in the hospital for over two weeks, they still don’t have a confirmed diagnosis. It is more than likely a life-threatening auto-immune disease. She has been transferred to the ICU as of yesterday because of internal bleeding. Please pray for strength for her parents and for a... Read more

In which we noodle the question of the stories we keep repeating over and over and why we do it. Read more

In which we noodle the question of the stories we keep repeating over and over and why we do it. Read more

continues his series at Catholic Exchange.  Today’s installment: Government in the Church, Part 2: The Church is Neither an Absolute Monarchy nor a Democracy Did you know that the oldest living democratic institution on planet earth is… bum ba bum! The Dominican Order! Read more

continues his series at Catholic Exchange.  Today’s installment: Government in the Church, Part 2: The Church is Neither an Absolute Monarchy nor a Democracy Did you know that the oldest living democratic institution on planet earth is… bum ba bum! The Dominican Order! Read more

A man involved in rescuing a girl from a burning car has a rather spectacular encounter with her father, killed in the crash. These things do happen. What? You think the Church got this stuff about the communion of saints from thin air? Behind every Catholic doctrine is a great mass of human experience, both Christian and pagan. The doctrine doesn’t create the experience, it merely gives us a framework for interpreting it. Catholic theology describes reality. That’s why any... Read more

his impressions of the Kreeft/Spencer debate on Islam and noodles the question of whether Islam is “inherently violent“. Like me, he thinks it’s not (or else we would be hearing of billion acts of violence). But like me, he appears to think that the question about “inherent” violence is pretty dumb. Whether or not Islam is “inherently” violent, it sure is violent a lot. And, lacking a magisterium, if a whole bunch of Muslims decide the Islam is a justification... Read more