Month July 2008
Five Types of Catholic—Aussie tells it like it is to Pontiff. Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves—We are called to love and tickle others. Obama “Secret” Catholic?—Newseek/WaPo makes absurd claim that Obama is a closet Catholic. McCain Against Gay Adoption Before… Continue Reading →
John Herron has been a very public Catholic all his life, as an Australian senator for 11 years, as a Howard government Aboriginal affairs minister, and as the ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See, according to the Canberra Times…. Continue Reading →
My six year old approached me this morning with what seemed by her facial expression to be an important and serious question. Why couldn’t she tickle herself, she asked. Her fingers danced without effect around her neck as her little… Continue Reading →
I’m confused. John McCain is once again implementing his ingenious “Alienate the Conservative Base” strategy. McCain said on Sunday that gays should not be allowed to adopt, as reported in the New York Times: “I think that we’ve proven that… Continue Reading →
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo over at the Catholic America blog for Newsweek / WaPo has cleverly deduced that Barack Obama is a “Secret” Catholic. The evidence for this claim is so fantastic, so elusive, and so absurd that I believe even Jesus… Continue Reading →
From Soccer to Seminary—Wonderful story about a young man choosing the priesthood. Limits of Papal Infallibility—Pope Benedict cannot see the evil before his eyes. When “Written in Stone” Is Just Not Clear Enough—Presbyterians erase one of those pesky Ten Commandments…. Continue Reading →
The biggest sports trade of the week is 26 year old defender Chase Hilgenbrinck from the New England Revs soccer team to the Roman Catholic Church, according to the International Herald Tribune. The 26-year-old defender recently moved back to the… Continue Reading →
Presbyterians have taken out their granite-colored whiteout and annulled the 6th Commandment right out of existence. For those playing at home that’s the “Do Not Commit Adultery” Commandment…I mean suggestion. You remember the Ten Commandments, right? They were written by… Continue Reading →
As all our regular readers know, I am a huge fan of Pope Benedict the XVI. The Pope has shown his brilliance and orthodoxy more times than we can count. His thoughts on liturgy, the Eucharist, love, and charity are… Continue Reading →
—Some stuff we came across in our travels… A Call to Arms (With no bullets) This is one of the dopier things I have run across in the analysis of the Anglican meltdown. The solution to unity is not to… Continue Reading →