In which Mike Lewis of Where Peter Is begins a long-overdue and necessary look at the Pied Piper of EWTN, who leads the sheep away from the teaching of the Church and toward the sundry Right Wing Culture Warriors and liars at war with Pope Francis and the Magisterium: Laura Ingraham’s dismissive attitude towards the pope is nothing compared to the anger and vitriol directed at him by radio host Michael Savage. One wonders what motivated Arroyo to invite Savage... Read more
It’s everywhere, but you seldom see or hear about it: Read more
The first of a seven part series: G.K. Chesterton once remarked, “It is very hard for a man to defend anything of which he is entirely convinced. It is comparatively easy when he is only partially convinced. He is partially convinced because he has found this or that proof of the thing, and he can expound it. But a man is not really convinced of a philosophic theory when he finds that something proves it. He is only really convinced... Read more
God still makes saints. Here was a man who believed in saints. I do not mean this casually. Raised in a modern home, free of religion, he was called to military service. As a French soldier, he was decorated for his bravery in Iraq. In his thirties, he became a Catholic convert; made a pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne d’Auray, to ask the Virgin Mary to find him a wife. Found Marielle, a woman of deep faith like his own. Just before... Read more
Sea Lion Caves smell like fish, which is nice for those of us who like the smell of fish. But permit me to begin at the beginning as we make our twisty-turny way down Highway 101 on the Oregon Coast, looking out at the remote horizon, compensating for inertia with each curve and struggling to keep the laptop from sliding off my lap and on to the thermos between our seats. “Mustard seeds!” says Jan, quietly pleased, in between her... Read more
“discrimination against my culture.” There is something so reassuringly Gallic in this story. It’s like the peace that comes with knowing Spring will come again. Read more
…is purely coincidental: Next up: Rainbows are not guides to pots of gold but are, in fact, sunlight refracted through rain which will reveal the chemical composition of the sun. Read more
He wanted background on the Church’s theology of Hell because he was doing a story on the Francis/Scalfari kerfuffle. We talked for about 45 minutes and it was such an interesting chat that I thought it would be good to turn the interview into a podcast. He very kindly let me have his audiofile of the conversation. And so here it is! Read more
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