It’s a bitter pill for Catholics, watching the videos of Archbishop Carlson’s testimony. I understand and share the emotions it raises. But we do not serve ourselves or our Church by pretending that it ain’t so. We’ve got to face this because it is reality. It doesn’t change in any way the simple fact that Jesus said “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”... Read more
This is a re-run of a post I wrote about my Daddy. Happy Father’s Day to every Daddy out there. You are irreplaceable. Where I’m from, we call our fathers “Daddy.” It’s not unusual to see 60-year-old cowboys, complete with the hat, the cattle and the big belt buckle, addressing their 80-year-old fathers as “Daddy.” It’s just the way we talk. My Daddy was what pundits condescendingly refer to as “blue collar” or “working class.” What that means is that... Read more
Deacon Greg, as usual, has the story. So, there’s this Archbishop in St Louis who is accused of the same old enabling of child sex abuse by a priest stuff we’ve gotten to know too well. Mr Archbishop gave a deposition about these accusations. In that deposition, he did the lawyered-up, don’t-give-them-anything di-doh. It was a masterful performance of I don’t know nothin, sung to the tune of I Can’t Remember. The all-time show-stopper was when the attorney asked Mr... Read more
To join the discussion on The Cross and Gendercide, or to order a copy, go here. It is not often that I read a book that I could have written. It’s even more rare when I read a book that is somewhat similar to one that I intend to write. But that is what happened when I read The Cross and Gendercide, A Theological Response to the Global Violence Against Women and Girls. I have devoted much of my adult... Read more
Thanks to Public Catholic reader Fredx for telling me about these videos. Read more
Pope Francis is first of all a priest. The world is his parish and every single one of us is in the crosshairs of his admonitions to follow Jesus without reservations. Following Jesus all the way, without holding anything back, is a revolutionary act. People who do it, even the most placid and low-key of them, become revolutionaries themselves. They are God’s change agents in a fallen world. Those who try to follow Jesus part way, who stop when it... Read more
Whenever Oklahoma gets on the national news, it’s always something bad. We pretty much get ignored unless we are hit with a massive tragedy or some Okie manages to make a real mess of one sort of the other. Our latest foray into national attention is no exception. Oklahoma has developed real problems executing people. Between lawsuits and botched executions, we’ve shown ourselves to be downright incompetent in the area of administering the death penalty. All this led to the... Read more
He was a much better president than we knew at the time. He was a genuine war hero, the president who fought in World War II, an oil man and a former member of Congress/head of the CIA/Vice President. He was President George H W Bush, and today’s he’s 90 years young. Former President Bush (or Bush I, as we call him around our house) celebrated his birthday by jumping out of an airplane. Literally. That ground can get awful... Read more
This charming video of a sea lion and a little girl playing tag, and then the sea lion reacting when the little girl falls down is a good way to start the day. Enjoy. Read more
It just depends what kind of pain you can take. Photo Source: Photobucket Ok. So what do you want for your daughter? Law school? A loving husband, kids and a home of her own? How about sitting on the podium as she is sworn in as governor of a state? Does anything you hope when you look at your little girl include whips, chains, and sado-masochism, including anal sex? Do you want your 15-year-old daughter being counseled (at tax-payer... Read more
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