Month August 2014

Over at the National Catholic Register I discuss 7 things your pastor could do tomorrow to restore a sense of the sacred to the liturgy and all of them are exactly in line with Vatican II. Would you be so… Continue Reading →

California, led by Catholic governor Jerry Brown, is considering forcing the two Catholic universities, Santa Clara and Loyola Marymount, to provide coverage of abortion procedures despite the Catholic universities’ decisions to restrict their abortion insurance coverage for employees for religious… Continue Reading →

While this is definitely a “what could go wrong” story what with an atheist government creating a theology fit for its population, there’s definitely a sign of hope here. Atheist China, worried about the rapidly growing number of Christians, is… Continue Reading →

Can we please now dispense with the foolish notion that the “International Community” exists? Look. If ever there was a clear moment when the entire world could look at a situation, agree, and act. This is it. But nothing. Satan’s… Continue Reading →

I wish my parish had a pig rassling event. That would be so much more awesome than Bingo. Animal rights activists are squealing (see what I did there) about an upcoming fundraiser at Saint Patrick’s parish in Wisconsin which will… Continue Reading →

My nine year old son spiked a fever late last week. I mean a real fever. 104.9. And he looked even worse than that. The poor kid looked terrible. He didn’t even want to read the Hardy Boys or play… Continue Reading →

The lawsuit -the preferred weapon of your enemy. Remember that restaurant that offered a 15% discount to those who publicly took a moment to thank the Almighty for the food they were about to eat? Well, it seems the nutjob… Continue Reading →

It is time for President Obama, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, and all the rest to listen to the Pope and save the Christians and other minorities before the genocide of ISIS is complete. But my plea is especially to President… Continue Reading →