Popin' Ain't Easy

They don't roll around on buses to support the agendas of infanticidal politicians or blaspheming Christ and insulting the Church. Thi...

In a month, it will be the anniversary of the horror wrought by Martin Luther upon the world. As a warm-up, I'd like everyone to read th...

I'm going to link to Fr. Zuhlsdorf's account of this in order to keep from linking to whack job publications. Basically, this ex-pr...

As reproduced by Rorate : When I hear that so many Christians in the world are suffering, am I indifferent or is it like one of my family ...

Here's some progress on a different front. Thanks to Catholic Culture for reporting on stuff that will never see the light of the mains...

As reported by Rorate , there have been a couple of moves on the front of possible reform in the Curia. Here are the ones that we see as bei...

The words of St Ignatius spring to mind: "The Christian is not the result of persuasion, but of power (Epistula ad Romanos 3, 3). We sh...

But the Pope wants to talk about them anyway. We're posting this here because you can be guaran-diddly-doo-teed that you aren't goin...

I wonder if the Holy Father reads his press clippings. The guy can't say anything anymore without a firestorm of idiocy erupting in his ...

Thanks to Haskovec for this article. It's from Jeffrey Tucker and, though lengthy, is worth your time. Read this and then think ab...

Reflecting on the prevalence of "soft universalism" in every level of the Church, something occurred to me. Why is it so popular? ...

Something happened to delete all of our followers (yes, we do have a few). If it was something I did, I apologize. I'm vastly tech ill...

It's been a month since we posted the following queries : Consider the following statements: 1. Outside of the Church, there is no s...

I'm not sure I even know what the word means anymore. For example, in my opinion, Gaudium Et Spes is the most triumphalistic document i...

I was an economics major in college. Not that I actually enjoyed it or anything, but I was good at it, so it helped my GPA, and it was a deg...

You could be in Iraq : Iraq’s troubles preceded those of the rest, but they are important because they eerily prefigure them. ‘Democra...

One more item that went unmentioned and deserves a space of its own. From what I've been getting in response to this issue, it's als...

If you've ever seen Animal House, you're familiar with the above refrain. It's come to mind a couple of times over the last week...

Pope Francis has recently praised a foundation that is dedicated to the work of deceased Cardinal Carlo Martini, former Archbishop of M...

Rocco Palma is reporting that it will be Archbishop Parolin if Venezuela . It's an interesting move given that His Excellency is far mor...

I've been asked a couple of times today what I think of the whole deal with Miley Cyrus. Given that I acknowledge that 90% of pop cultur...

This first came out after the 2004 presidential election as an explanation for how Bush #43 beat John Kerry. The narrative was usually a...

First, the text: Jesus passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, ...

As previously mentioned , I have a thing for reading histories of Vatican II. They've been instrumental in our ongoing discussion of the...

I recently had the opportunity to see Monumental, Kirk Cameron's documentary about the founding of the United States. If you'...