…makes me doubt the existence of Victor Stenger’s brain. This is the sort of stuff that drives men like Mike Flynn to have a good stiff drink and then write long rebuttals attempting to get technicians to learn a little metaphysics. When will technicians get over the notion that their competence in the physical sciences makes them all qualified to pronounce on metaphysics or theology? I mean, come on: Until recent times, absence of evidence for [God’s] existence has not... Read more

I’d like to invite you to The Life of Christ in Song, which will play at Holy Apostles Seminary on the 12th of September in celebration of the seminary’s dedication of its new chapel. The concert tells the story of the Incarnation through great music of the Baroque and Renaissance, and also introduces newly-commissioned music narrating the events of the Luminous Mysteries. It promises to be a great evening and we hope you can join us! Imelda Now you know! Read more

…a very moving reflection from Sr. Pascalita, who was the only White Mountain Apache Tribe member (so far!) to be called to consecrated life. But most importantly, she was a truly humble and beautiful soul, reminding us that sometimes the most effective vocation stories are those from men and women reflecting over the arc of an entire life of service. Thanks be to God for faithful religious! Read more

A Aussie reader writes: Hello again from the land downunder where we need much prayer from all people of good will. We are in the final week before the Australian federal election bewteen two of the starkest choices I have seen in politics for some time. On the one hand we have Tony Abbot (Lib), openly Catholic and an Oxford graduate (who got into trouble with the Greens last election for consulting Cardinal Pell on policy issues) is trying to... Read more

Today, my minions, I give you the latest from St. Blog’s Deranged Genius, Victor Lams. It’s his anthem to the Civilization of Fear: We Dark Lords highly value Fear. It’s terrific for stampeding people into supporting our crazy schemes for gaining power in order to save the world by any means necessary. You should be very afraid. I alone can save you from that Thing you should be very very afraid of. God can’t save you. Only I can (and... Read more

I owe it to Steve Kellmeyer to give him kudos when he does a fine analysis of the increasingly dodgy Michael Voris’ increasingly dodgy pontifical pronouncements. Read more

In all the hubbub over the Ground Zero Mosque, most people don’t know that the a Greek Orthodox Church destroyed on 9/11 is getting jerked around by NYC. In a rare moment of agreement with President Obama, I think he is simply right that insensitive Muslim clods have the right to build their mosque wherever they want. My reasoning for this is simple: just as I don’t believe in anti-free speech bubbles outside abortion clinics, so I don’t believe in... Read more

noodles the question of Marriage as a Right. I haven’t given the matter too much thought, but it seems to me that calling it a right has to imply some responsibility that is being protected by marriage. In Catholic understanding, that responsibility is primarily “continuing the race”. That’s why the family is hedged around with protections. That’s why we privilege the family, because without it, everything else dies. The purpose of gay marriage is to demand the same status as... Read more

I am a closet fan of your blog. I do not readily post, but I have been more closely following your writing since I began to read your series on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. I’m a local of Dallas, and I’m trying to be the Catholic that God wants me to be – higher standards than I expected when I started this journey almost 3 years ago! As you may be familiar with the geographical location of... Read more

In which we begin our discussion of the Our Father. Read more