who would like to Stand with Stupak, here’s your chance. The Dems could have had themselves a nice legacy of overreaching Leviathan spending, but then they had to feed the beast of their addiction to baby-killing as their sole core value. They just can’t stop themselves. Read more

the Thirsty Gargoyle weighs in on whether Cdl. Brady, the bishop of Armaghs should resign. He thinks not. I’m not sold on his argument, mostly due to the notion that the busk should stop somewhere and a cardinal archbishop ought to be grownup enough to take responsibility for something. By the same token, as a layman who has, for years, said that it is grossly hypocritical for laity to get all high and mighty about the sins of clergy while... Read more

John Allen on Benedict XVI on the Scandal. Everything that I’ve seen so far makes it pretty obvious that Benedict is one of the good guys here and that the recent fracas in the Euro press is a pretty transparent attempt to blame the guy for things he is not only not guilty of, but rather zealously trying to stop, as Allen makes plain. As Olson goes on to point out, the burning issue for these people does not appear... Read more

In which we look at bearing false witness against your neighbor. Read more

Back later today… maybe. Read more

“I was a bit blindsided by the reaction — I expected people to laugh and then reflect on the concept of evil,” she said. “People could not believe that I could dress my own daughter as these characters. Yes, it was strange to see her dressed as Hitler, but I thought of her as a doll.” Any idiot can shock and call it “art”. Read more

neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but Leonardo da Vinci only. Read more

Fr. Harrison asks that I post the following: On this website and elsewhere, my obedience to the Holy Father and overall fidelity to the Church’s magisterium was angrily and extensively called in question last week, following some telephoned comments I gave to the New York Times (February 27, 2010, p. A15). I am therefore very appreciative of the Christian and gentlemanly spirit Mark Shea has now shown in deleting those attacks and posting instead an apology and partial retraction. That... Read more

Please ask your readers to pray for a friend of mine, a recently ordained priest (May 2009) who, after losing his mother in January, just lost his father and older brother a few days ago in a household accident. Father, please hear the prayer of your children, both for these folks and for their son, that he may be granted great peace and consolation through your Son Jesus Christ. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and... Read more

in which we continue our stroll through the sacraments here and here. Read more