Ross Douthat lays it on the line about Hugh Hefner. I wrote here asking if he is in hell. Ross doesn’t bother with that judgement. He simply makes the correct judgement not of the man but his deeds and his legacy. In doing so he opens up the whole ugly side of Playboy America–claiming quite rightly that Clinton, Cosby and Trump are all part of the same sordid and seamy underbelly of modern America Here are a few ripe paragraphs... Read more

Today over at my main blog (which is now located at my newly designed blog-website) I have posted the first published version of my conversion story. My Conversion from the Anglican Church also introduces readers to the section of my new blog called “Archived Articles”. In this section I will be posting some of the various articles I have written over the years for a range of websites, magazines, papers and journals. This section of the blog is partitioned off for... Read more

Load ’em up and move ’em out… This blog, Standing on My Head is moving It is now located at my newly designed website. I will retain a presence here at Patheos where my archived materials are lodged. I will also blog here from time to time. My main blog, however, is now here. Come pay a visit! Read more

One of the major problems in the church is that we are still bound by a ridiculous clericalism in which "Father knows best" and "Father does everything." I'm done with that. Read more

This is my favorite time of the year. Not only is the beginning of Autumn the most beautiful season, but I love this ten days in the church calendar: St Michael, St Jerome, St Therese, St Francis, St Faustina, Our Lady of the Rosary. Overdose of the Holy Ghost. Now to St Michael: Here’s one of the reasons I love the angels: because just by the existence of this feast in the church calendar we knock a couple of deadly modernist... Read more

Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine is dead. The Catholic Church teaches that at the moment of death the eternal destiny of each soul is determined. You go up or you go down. Hugh Hefner led a life that was not only sexually self indulgent, but it objectified women, glamorized sin and caused millions to dive into sin with carefree abandon. He not only hurt women, but helped in the breakdown of marriage, the destruction of the family and contributed... Read more

Guest blogger Fr Harvey Nicolaitan SJ, is a master of modern media. With a degree in Communications, he is a well known author and guest on reality TV shows, Fr Nicolaitan is the author of My Little Rainbow Bridge- a children’s story about being kind to trolls. He has been invited to speak at many of our nation’s greatest Catholic intellectual powerhouses. A member of the Vatican Confectory for International Dissimulation, he advises bishops on effective communication. Fr Nicolaitan is contributing a series on “Rules for Radicals or... Read more

This week’s big Catholic news is the release of a “filial correction” of Pope Francis by a group of theologians and church laymen. Edward Pentin reports on it here: This is the sixth major initiative in which both clergy and laity have expressed concerns about the Pope’s teaching, particularly emanating from Amoris Laetitia. Despite the repeated pleas and warnings of chaos and confusion, Francis has refused to respond or acknowledge the initiatives which are as follows, in chronological order:  ... Read more

Why media monsters like Piers Morgan (who professes to be a Catholic) enjoys stirring the pot whenever he gets the chance. Read more