(Image via Pixabay.) Apparently, a few days ago when Mary attempted to draw Fr. Pavone’s comment on his unfortunate (and presumably unintended) suggestion that rape does not matter, because opposing rape won’t end abortion, she placed her article on more than one of Fr. Pavone’s social media threads. He apparently never noticed that, when he did reply on the original thread,we also responded, for what we had assumed was the final time. If he never noticed, that would explain his... Read more
(Image via Pixabay.) The story in question is a short video about the Zao Fox Village. The video is courtesy of the MicMedia Facebook page. ( Sorry I couldn’t embed.) Read more
(image via Wikimedia Commons) Stop what you’re doing for a moment, and gaze on some icons with me: Just gaze. Don’t open another tab and do something else while you half- listen. Look with reverence at the faces of your brothers and sisters. Every human is an icon. When you gaze attentively at your brother, you gaze at Christ. When you listen to their experience, you’re listening to a little gospel about the passion of the little Christ. That makes listening... Read more
(image via pixabay) Yesterday, America published an excellent article on Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin, who will be made a cardinal next month by Pope Francis. I encourage my readers to check it out. Archbishop Tobin clashed with vice presidential candidate Mike Pence last year, when Governor Pence asked Tobin to direct Catholic Charities not to settle a Syrian refugee family in Indiana. Pence told the Archbishop to “pray and seek God’s guidance before deciding.” “He advised me to pray and... Read more
(image via Pixabay) Do any of my good readers know how I can contact George Soros? You see, I have just been informed by an alert Facebook commentator that Patheos is funded by George Soros. We’re all unemployed millennials in the pay of Big Soros, apparently, and that’s why some of us are not good stalwart Republicans. Which, she is right, I have never pretended to be a Republican. And George Soros is the one funding us to funnel votes... Read more
(image via pixabay) The other night I had a crazy dream that I had been selected to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate. I know, it surprised me as well. I dislike Hillary Clinton more than a little and I’m dead set against some of the positions she’s campaigning on. But I was told I was the absolute best choice, best person in the nation for the job. Hillary and I spoke only briefly, but she wasn’t nearly as grumpy as I thought and gave... Read more
(image via Pixabay) The whole pro-life argument is that every human life is equally valuable. It is wrong to discriminate against a person on the basis of size, age or location. A baby in the womb is worth just as much as a baby outside the womb, a baby eight days old is worth as much as a baby eight days before viability, a baby girl killed in a sex-selective abortion is a victim of a crime the same as... Read more
(Image via Pixabay.) Long term readers will know we at Steel Magnificat never set out to opine about culture wars (real and imagined) nor to be frequently recurring to the “pro-life” movement, much less in criticism. But, if you start out with a theme of “everything”, even if viewed from the standpoint of grace, then you can’t be too shocked by finding yourself dealing with anything. Even the above. As it turned out, Mary did end up writing about culture... Read more
(Image via Pixabay.) An alert reader wrote in a few hours ago with a question. She writes, “Could one of you write about these supposedly inflammatory statements about Catholics that they found in the hacked emails?” I would be happy to do a little legwork and get back to you, BUT. . . It seems that fellow Patheosi Keith Michael Estrada of Proper Nomenclature has in fact beaten me to the punch. In general I don’t hesitate to read anything and... Read more
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Yes, Trinko, I’m the Worst Kind of Feminist
(image via Pixabay) I don’t usually read the comments. At least, I try not to. But yesterday, I got a doozy. I try not to ban, but I banned this gentleman. When I got back, some woman I presume was his wife was on the thread calling me stupid for blocking him, so I blocked her too, deleted her comment, closed the thread, and washed my hands afterwards. Not a usual policy of mine. The man, who called himself “Trinko” and used an... Read more