Which also helps explain why when the Catholic Church holds a teaching as being true, there will be no modification of it. I’ll discuss a few examples of this in the near future. But first, Monsignor Benson, a convert from the Church of England, helps make it clear for Christians of all stripes how the Church interacts with the Deposit of Faith. Especially in terms of when She speaks as the voice of Christ to the world. (more…) Read more
Just a heads up that all the blogs at Patheos are transitioning to the Disqus platform for comments. Old comments are being migrated over, which is why they have disappeared (and reappeared) over the next 24 hours or so. Other weirdness may ensue while the transition occurs. Everything will be okay. Really. This song proves it. (more…) Read more
Remember Mary Ann? Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard? She had a piece up in the Washington Post yesterday. She makes an appeal that I hope you take her up on. (more…) Read more
Argentinean blogger, Marcelo Gonzalez? He’s a Holocaust denier. Is there any better way to flush one’s credibility down the toilet? I can’t think of one. Dawn writes, (more…) Read more
Laura Basset seems to think this may be in the offing. Back on Friday,the Huffington Post published her article entitled, Contraception Mandate Likely Headed To Supreme Court, Experts Say . Take a look, (more…) Read more
Satire Alert! I know, I know, it sounds crazy, but the Almighty Orgasm is trying to grow the ranks of the faithful, you see. Because there isn’t enough easily accessible pornography in the world, wouldn’t you agree? (more…) Read more
This is the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday and we are back to where we started. On this, the final day, we pray for lukewarm Christians. (more…) Read more
It’s like déjà vu, all over again. Another year, another Joe Six-Pack penned public comment to the flagrantly unconstitutional HHS Mandate. You can comment too, and every little bit helps, dear reader. (more…) Read more
Recently a friend I met on Facebook asked folks about spiritual music. You know, something along the lines of “what is your favorite piece of sacred music, hymn, poem, etc. ?” The first thing that popped into my head? (more…) Read more
For lifelong Catholics, the doctrine of Purgatory is probably no big deal. Then again, what do I know? I’ll be frank with you…I don’t know much. Which actually is just another reason why I am Catholic. When I became a Catholic I took an oath to believe everything the Church believes, and I do. (more…) Read more
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