One of the salient points critics of our bishops’ stance on the HHS Mandate fail to notice is the solidarity of the group. Do you know how many of the bishops have broken away and decided that the HHS Mandate is really not a big deal? (more…) Read more
Really. According to every news organ on the planet, the movie is blessed by His Holiness Himself. NPR said the Vatican loves the film, so the Pope must be alerting his staff to stock up on Orville Redenbacher Popcorn and extra cases of Fanta Orange. The truth? (more…) Read more
And elsewhere. To wit, something went amok with a “Popular Post” link sharing doohickey. Patheos GHQ is aware of it, but for the time being there are enough “popular post” links to drive even the most charitable reader batty. (more…) Read more
“Puttin’ on hold the laws that are stinky.” Pardon me for thinking about the Schoolhouse Rock song that taught us about conjunctions. Remember it? (more…) Read more
Your orders for the day are to make sure that after bothering to “like” YIMCatholic on Facebook, insure that you actually get to see my posts there. Weird, I know, but FB has been weird for a while now. So weird, that they think I’ll pay for advertising. (more…) Read more
…from me and Johann Sebastian Bach. Bela Lugosi says have a safe one too. (more…) Read more
There seems to be a huge gap in the Church in America. It can be measured in the 18 to 39 year old age demographic. Have you noticed that in many cases, once children receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, or graduate high school, we seem to let them slip off our pastoral radar scopes? What are we thinking? (more…) Read more
Here it is, Day 17 of Flocknotes’ Read the Catechism in a Year and I have to say I’m pretty happy with the program. It’s been a great way to nibble away at the 688 pages of the international bestseller of Catholic doctrine. One quibble though. Reading the passages, I was struck how often I need to head to the dictionary to look up a word that, quite frankly, I’ve never heard of. Like today’s word, (more…) Read more
It’s what makes the last two weeks of an election a marvel of psychological warfare to behold. The above brought to us by the creative geniuses at Pro Life Artists Unite. Sounds like a pretty neat outfit. Idea: Go like them at once! In case you missed what this is in response to, check out the Crass Roots Campaign post. Read more
“What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’ and tell him what an inspiration he is.” That’s what actor Christian Bale said about the blind, imprisoned, pro-life activist named Chen Guangcheng last December when he unsuccessfully tried to visit him. Red tape, ahem, got in the way. (more…) Read more
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