Father, thank you for hearing our prayer through Jesus Christ! For the first time in the history of the US bishops, a vice-president standing for the presidency has been denied the top post, losing a stunning election to the archbishop of New York. By a 128-111 vote, Archbishop Timothy Dolan bested Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson on the third ballot at this morning’s elections in Baltimore. Overturning a half-century of tradition for the bench, the result represents a seismic shift... Read more

Father, thank you for hearing our prayer through Jesus Christ! For the first time in the history of the US bishops, a vice-president standing for the presidency has been denied the top post, losing a stunning election to the archbishop of New York. By a 128-111 vote, Archbishop Timothy Dolan bested Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson on the third ballot at this morning’s elections in Baltimore. Overturning a half-century of tradition for the bench, the result represents a seismic shift... Read more

In which we discuss the astounding proposition that opposition to torture is heretical. Read more

by Rainbow Sash group. Golly. Who could have predicted that? Father, we ask that you Spirit and not that of the Bourbons will prevail here, through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary, intercede for your children. Read more

Dear friends, As most of you I’m sure know, recently there have been several fatal attacks on Christians in Iraq. While they have lived with violence for years, the most recent incidents include murdering many while they were in church to pray. These acts were not random but deliberate – they were killed because they professed faith in Jesus. This demands solidarity from us in whatever way we can give. While prayers are the best presence we can offer, someone... Read more

Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, We invite you to join us next Thursday evening for the second event of this season: Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM, UW Newman Center The Lost Years of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England and Henry VIII’s First Wife Dr. Theresa Earenfight Seattle University At fifteen, Catherine of Aragon married Prince Arthur of England. Widowed a few months later, she spent eight years in England with little money and... Read more

…to Tim Drake last week. I figure I can’t be the only one wondering if anybody is buying what he’s selling. His reply boils down to “Deny, deny, deny…. Ok, there was that time the seminarian who went on to become a serial pedophile got wasted and patted a guy on the tush, and then admitted that he’d had two other gay encounters while wasted. But I thought nothing of it.” Note also that the deposition being referenced states that... Read more

I just wanted to know what you thought about the following: Marco Rubio, the ‘Catholic’ senator-elect from Florida, attends and ‘donates thousands’ to a hardline Protestant church Hope to hear your thoughts on this when you get back, Sir. This probably looks different to a Brit (my reader is English) than to an American conservative, including Rubio. Here in America, everybody is a Calvinist, including the Catholics (which is why we have huge arguments about something as stupid as “women... Read more

I just wanted to know what you thought about the following: Marco Rubio, the ‘Catholic’ senator-elect from Florida, attends and ‘donates thousands’ to a hardline Protestant church Hope to hear your thoughts on this when you get back, Sir. This probably looks different to a Brit (my reader is English) than to an American conservative, including Rubio. Here in America, everybody is a Calvinist, including the Catholics (which is why we have huge arguments about something as stupid as “women... Read more

more exorcists. I’ve always thought it weird that, in the century where the devil was most active, we responded by getting rid of exorcists and deciding that people were so great we barely need the sacrament of reconciliation. Glad to see they are coming back. Read more