Let’s talk about Romans 13

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 10:54 pm By Mark Shea

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Jeff Sessions both invoked the Bible and, in particular, Romans 13 in their blasphemous attempt to rationalize their evil, antichrist policy of tearing families apart at the border. As Deacon Steven Greydanus pointed out, they are contradicted by the bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States and, I might add, the entire Magisterium of the Catholic Church, as well as a number of Protestant bodies and leaders. They’ve even lost Franklin Graham on this.... Read more

Catholic Bishops Should Stick to Talking about Faith and Morals

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 7:36 am By Mark Shea

…says every politicized enemy of the Faith everytime the Church gores his ox. It used to be Lefties at war with the Church on the Pelvic Issues. Now it’s Catholics in love with the Freak Show Party of Trump and convinced that wearing a Precious Feet pin taketh away the sins of the world. So this move by the American bishops will be a challenge to them. Catholic leader calls separating mothers and children at border ‘immoral’ The president of... Read more

What a Lay Catholic Apostle Speaking Truth to Corrupt Power Looks Like

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 10:34 pm By Mark Shea

Bravo, sir! Sessions is not only committing crimes, he is committing blasphemy. Read more

Liar for Jesus

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 4:03 pm By Mark Shea

Not according to the– US Catholic bishops– Southern Baptist Convention– National Association of Evangelicals– United Methodist bishops– presiding bishops of the Episcopal & Evangelical Lutheran churchesetc., andDonald Trump superfan Franklin Graham.https://t.co/DWAAfaNMTp — Steven D. Greydanus (@DecentFilms) June 14, 2018 Sarah: God’s Name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you. Atheists all over the web are having a field day with this liar’s excuses for sadistic cruelty to children. Read more

Watch FOX Talking Hairdo Suggest that Criticism of Kim Jong Un is Criticism of Trump

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 11:15 am By Mark Shea

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A sweet reader is struggling with her faith and writes me…

Last updated on: June 7, 2018 at 4:51 pm By Mark Shea

…to say: I am a committed Christian. Glad to hear it! I wasn’t brought up in a Christian family but by God’s grace I became His. I have been on an amazing journey in my faith and love and adore Christ. How wonderful! As a fellow convert, I salute you! When I was living in London I had a very happy experience in a Catholic Church and even became a member of the Catholic faith. Excellent! Over time though protestant... Read more

The New Prolife Movement is a Right to Live Movement

Last updated on: June 13, 2018 at 10:06 am By Mark Shea

A reader writes: I am reading Scott Hahn’s The First Society and came across a quote from Pacem in Terris that strikes me as getting to the core of what’s gone awry with what some are calling the “old” pro life movement. Man has the right to live. He has the right to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, and finally, the necessary social services. In... Read more

For the Embryology Textbook Tells Me So

Last updated on: June 12, 2018 at 9:37 am By Mark Shea

A reader writes: This is an actual tweet I received in a discussion on abortion. From a journalist. Whenever I read the astoundingly scientifically ignorant prattle of a pro-choice activist blabbering about fetal development, it reminds me of nothing so much as the scientifically ignorant prattle of a Fundamentalist blabbering about evolution. Read more

Yesterday’s Gospel and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Last updated on: June 11, 2018 at 11:15 am By Mark Shea

Yesterday’s gospel is often a favorite with the Jesus Constantly Rebuked Mary Crowd. As a former member of that crowd, I discussed it in my book, Mary, Mother of the Son in connection with her supposedly “sinful unbelief” in Jesus: The Witness of the Gospels Once I moved away from the not-as-airtight-as-I-thought passages in Romans and the false notion that Catholics think Mary did not need a Savior, my mind turned to the Gospels, most prominently Mark 3:13–35: And he... Read more

Blaming abortion supporters for the death penalty

Last updated on: June 11, 2018 at 6:44 pm By Mark Shea

When last we looked in on the super-duper “prolife” Catholic governor of Nebraska, Pete Ricketts, he was flashing his Christianist street cred for the nascent Party of Trump nihilists by working hard to battle the Church and the democratic will of the people of Nebraska to maintain the culture of death: Imagine you and your dad have $300,000 burning a hole in your pocket and you want to blow it on something. Here is what they could have spent that money on:... Read more