May 19, 2016

While repeatedly, throughout history, lust for wealth and power has driven humans to clever interpretations and evasions, even in the name of God, Christianity as such has always been intimately connected with a preferential option for the poor. Read more

May 18, 2016

Can an organization do an examination of conscience? No, but those who oversee it can. And I recommend that insofar as possible, they take the example of Archbishop Cupich and the Archdiocese of Chicago not as curious anomaly, but as an example that they are morally obligated to follow. Read more

May 18, 2016

Crews are working to clean up over 88,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of a leak in a flow line connecting four wells owned and operated by Shell. The leak was discovered on May 13, when a two by thirteen mile sheen on the water was spotted by helicopter; since then has been contained, and drilling stopped at the site. By the 15th, the Coast Guard reported that over 50,000 gallons had... Read more

May 17, 2016

if I catch the light just right, my sloth might look like virtue, indifference like peace. Read more

May 16, 2016

Jesus loves us, fat and all. Self-loathing and all. Read more

May 14, 2016

I can't imagine that God really wants us keeling over and babbling. Communication and unity are not served thus Read more

May 12, 2016

Think how radical this could be. Read more

May 10, 2016

Travel into space: a Cartesian trip, a technological escape of the mind (real or artificial) from all this nasty muck. Meet extra-terrestrial intelligences. They will, invariably, be smarter than we are, as they are not rooted in the murky earth. Everything is clean, spare, white, futuristic. Read more

May 9, 2016

What I found reading the story of the Mother's Day event, and perusing the comments, was part of a larger motif of disdain for the concerns of families that are not conventionally white, western, middle class, and “respectable.” Read more

May 4, 2016

If you are supporting Trump because of his stance on the economy, immigration, Muslims, or war, you are supporting him for reasons that run counter to Catholic thought, and at times, even counter to basic natural law ethics or humanitarian principles - and without even the slender excuse of a pro-life stance to justify it. If you defend this support because it is “practical,” you are jettisoning our Christian principles of defense of personal dignity even when it is not convenient. If you start contorting yourself to defend Trump now, we are watching you, and wondering what the hell you are thinking. Read more


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