deploys Cardinalspeak to say “Medugorje is extremely sketchy and Cdl. Schonborn was way the heck out of line.” Really quite extraordinary to see both the bishop last week and a Cardinal this week being so… vocal. Didn’t know one of the seers had married a model and was doing the full Beverly Hillbillies thing. This stuff is incredibly dodgy. I’m not a betting man, but I’m gonna stick my neck out and say “No way this is ever approved and,... Read more

Largest Pro-Life Youth Conference in the World Nice to see! Read more

Mercy Corps has boots on the ground and can generally multiply your donation with matching funds and such. Read more

Today, my shuffling horde of robotic slaves, I command you to consider the history of the Hobo as only John Hodgman can tell it: That is all. Read more

this about how we should respond to films like Avatar. Somebody at the Vatican thinks that (at least according to the Grope and Flail, though the MSM is not always reliable). Still other people think the movie so great that it evokes suicidal thoughts in coming back to this world. What do you think? Read more

…now entering “How were we supposed to know?” phase. Hey! What could possibly be dangerous about 24 million frustrated Chinese men with absolutely no hope of marriage or sexual fulfillment? Since when have testosterone-filled young guys with too much time on their hands ever posed a threat to anybody? Read more

A reader writes: Longtime reader here. Could you please pray for me and my wife. We have had two miscarriages in the last year and a half, and we are (happily) now pregnant again. We hope God will give us the grace necessary to accept whatever the outcome might be for this child! Father, hear our prayer for a healthy pregnancy and delivery for Mom and baby through your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for this child... Read more

…feels the pull of Holy Church. Come on home, kiddo! Read more

are, I am happy to report, making a growing splash in the Christian community. Much better than minimum daily adult requirement rules-based ethics. For a good Dominican intro, read Servais Pinckaers. Read more

…the “How Were We Supposed to Know?” phase of history. Read more