Pope Benedict has broken his self imposed silence to defend his record against attacks that he did not do enough to expose child molesting priests. London’s Daily Telegraph reports on the Pope Emeritus’ dialogue with a leading atheist about this issue here. The critics have jumped in with unfounded accusations that he never exposed a pedophile priest. They don’t know how the Church works. It was never his job to be a one man pedophile police force. Within his area... Read more

We’ve had a few days now to ponder the pope’s powerful interview last week. It is probably true, as one friend said, that most in the world and in the church will read the headlines and move on with a fuzzy idea that Catholics have finally accepted women priests, gay marriage and contraception and abortion…Alas. But the world will forever misunderstand the Catholic faith in one way or another. One of the best comments I picked up was from an... Read more

  Guest blogger Todd Unctuous is top commentator for MSM. With a degree in Media Studies from Scranton Community College, Todd writes for many papers and websites, and is known for his incisive writing, objective reporting and razor sharp comment. It is heartening to know that at last the Roman Catholic Church has a leader who is able to bring the church out of the dark ages. Pope Francis is a rock star! What a brilliant public relations move–to choose... Read more

One of the best ways to analyze a theory is to see if it works. The Holy Father recommends that we priests get out more and embrace those who need forgiveness and healing. We are to welcome all and show the mercy of God to all. I love it. I love the devotion of the Divine Mercy. I think it is the answer to the world’s sorrows. I want to get away from my desk more and be with my... Read more

Stephen Krason writes here on the creepy parallels between the Albigensian heresy and today’s secular value system. The more you study history the more you realize how history repeats itself–or to quote Mark Twain, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it echoes.” The Albigensians, or Catharists, were neo-Manicheans, regarding material creation as an evil and viewing all of existence as a conflict between evil matter and good spirit—but O’Brien says it was much more. Like all Gnostics, of which Manicheanism was... Read more

Well that would be a paradox now wouldn’t it because that’s just what we introverts don’t do. We stay at home. Fellow introvert Elizabeth Scalia has this great post outlining five myths about introverts. When I was doing my Myers-Briggs test in England they listed the different types which were most predominant in each country. The United States–believe it or not–was an ESFP country. I tested as an INTJ. No wonder I wanted to flee to England and hunker down and... Read more

 Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; where there is no virtue, there is no good; where there is no good there is no love; where there is no love, there is no God; and where there is no God, there is no Paradise”  — St. Padre Pio I became a Catholic because I came to believe in the authority of the church. I had really come to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ delegated his authority to... Read more