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Wanna mess around and massively reform the Catholic Church? haha jk ... unless? The sex...

Part One In my last, I discussed various sins of the tongue, and, in particular,...

It seems that we, the Catholics of the internet, could do with a refresher on...

So today was All Souls, a.k.a. Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead....

I got into Halloween a little on the late side—my mother was in a fundamentalist...

Yesterday's epistle and gospel readings form, at first glance, an odd pair. Here, in my...

The suspicion, hostility, and charges of idolatry being launched against the Amazon Synod, the Vatican...

The words slide into me like a well-lubricated knife. “It is a sin against nature—don’t...

Part One; Part Two; Excursus Right then, back to your regularly scheduled program of subverting...

I am writing my very first post from a new laptop! Thanks in part to...

Part One; Part Two At an individual level, I'd be willing to bet most (1)...

Part One The Catholic doctrine of forgiveness is delicately balanced with her doctrine of justice,...

I'm hitting pause on my current series, to talk about the furor surrounding Brandt Jean's...

Part One; Part Two Before I move to His Excellency's next point, I'd like to...

Part One And now, let's pivot to my dissatisfaction with Archbishop Chaput's column. He lays...

Archbishop Charles Chaput's recent column about Fr James Martin, and the latter's reply, have been...

What a time to be a Catholic. The USCCB, with its usual cultural aplomb and...

Part One Can you perform authenticity? Can you edit your own experience without falsifying it?...

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. —Exodus 20.16 Woe unto you, scribes and...

Being the Thouhts Thowgths Thauts Thinking of a Spectacold Bear [Readers will please forgive this...

There met Jesus out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time,...

Part One; Part Two I do think the Side A appeal to the text It...

I've entirely lost patience with the self-appointed inquisition on the Catholic right. I can accept...

Part One I hope it's clear, then, that I think we all ought to take...

I'm Side B myself, but I have a lot of Side A friends, (1) and...

Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five I'd like to address a...

I recently reread one of my favorite novels, The Violent Bear It Away. It was...

The sun rose plum-red above her native ocean into the white sky. Her trailing branches...

Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four I've spent my last few posts outlining...

Trucks rumble—the hustle and the hum Of gears gas engine exhaust choke POTHOLE and there's...