I was pretty stunned to read Damian Thompson today on the irony of authoritarian decentralization of power. It’s shocking title is “Pope Francis is now effectively at war with the Vatican. If…
I took the kids to see Woodlawn, the movie about the football team in Birmingham, Alabama during the racial strife in the 1970’s. I’m telling you, it’s really good. It’s a Christian…
Today at the Synod, in a speech commemorating the institution of Synod, The Pope used language indicative that the outcome of the Synod is binding. “Finally,” explained Pope Francis, “the synodal process…
*subhead*Progressive fog and clouded brains.*subhead* The University of San Francisco (USF) is my alma mater. My name is on a plaque in the chemistry office for my academic exploits while I was…
Archbishop Chaput’s latest is timely and important: As Rome’s Synod of Bishops on the Family closes its second week in a swarm of media attention and some very different interpretations, it might…
You’ve got to love that scientists are wasting their time on this. I’m sure these “scientists” will be heralded as the Jonas Salks of atheism because they can inoculate the population from…
Steve Skojec at One Peter Five, my principle collaborator on the letter to the Synod Fathers #SynodWalkout has penned a piece that explains the history of such actions, our reasons for writing…
I have seen some criticism of the #SynodWalkout letter which says, “this is a bad idea, the good Bishops need to stay and work through the process.” My simple answer to that…
Here’s a headline that should get you a little worried: “Christianity under global threat due to persecution.” Here’s a bit of the story from GOPUSA which follows: Christianity is in danger of…
This reminds me of the infamous never seen movie where Jerry Lewis plays a clown leading Jews into the gas chamber. HT The Blaze *subhead*Ugh.*subhead*
