Author Patrick Archbold

It has been a tough time for the Anglicans lately. What with all the internal strife over women’s ordination, gay bishops, gay women bishops, Roman poaching, and such. These are the times that try gender neutral souls. So it warmed… Continue Reading →

At my parish they have renamed the narthex of the church as the “fellowship hall”. This novus nomenclature is intended to encourage parishioners, when leaving after mass, to engage each other on a personal level (e.g., smiling, hugging, and conversing)… Continue Reading →

As a Catholic conservative let me just beat Mark Shea to it–this is absolutely disgusting. It in no way represents conservative thinking. In fact, what it best represents is how muddled your thinking can become once one is untethered from… Continue Reading →

Have you heard of “Crack Mom?” No? Her case might be one of the most important in the country right now. A Kentucky woman who the press has dubbed “Crack Mom” faces up to 10 years after pleading guilty to… Continue Reading →

This is a surprisingly well-balanced profile of some nuns that are into freaky reiki. It gives a fair amount of air time to the teaching of the bishops on reiki. Watch the vid and then a few comments. I liked… Continue Reading →

My 9 year old daughter loves to watch old comedies on YouTube. I thought this was perfectly fine as the standards of decency were higher then and the stuff she watches is mostly silly and innocuous. Or so I thought…. Continue Reading →

“…so just then, the sea cucumber looks over to the mollusk and says: with friends like these, who needs anemones.” ~ Finding Nemo Harry Reid has not had a good year. Failure on health care and the likelihood that he… Continue Reading →

Liturgical stupidity knows no borders. Rorate Caeli identifies this tragedy as “Misa Criolla”, performed by a Peruvian folk music group during a Paul VI Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of Pereira, Colombia (2009, “liturgical action” going on in the background).

Part-time theologian and full time cretin, Congressman Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election for his Rhode Island House seat. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election to Congress, saying his life is “taking a new direction”… Continue Reading →