Popin' Ain't Easy

One thing we can say about the resounding inaction of the world to halt the extermination of Christianity in the Middle East is that it shou...

So asks the New York Times . Gee, guys, how nice of you to notice, much less care. A a couple of observations about the article. First...

Ok, I know it's been a while, and lots of stuff has gone on, but let me start with this issue. I’ve gotten a bunch emails asking about...

Eugenio Scalfari makes scandalous comments about how Pope Francis doesn't believe in sin and admits that the interviews he recounts aren...

He lived a truly extraordinary life. And, as far as I can tell, kept the Faith until he died. I offer the following because I've already...

I offer the following items ripped from today's headlines. Examine the following image/caption pairings? Consider if said pairing conf...

Is there really any reason to believe anything that Cardinal Kasper says about anything? Other than that he wishes that Africans and Asians ...

A few things that seem to be more important than the ongoing annihilation of Christians in the Middle East: 1. Gay people's access to ...

Given the latest media backlash, I guess you can have too much of a good thing. Super-hero movies are coming under an odd assortment of crit...

I saw a report on the news this weekend about how Nebraska's legislature has voted to abolish the death penalty in that state. There wer...

Boniface has it posted over at the main Unam Sanctam site . Check it out by clicking here .

Remember this marvelous woman's life when you feel the creeping inclination of ultramontanism try to convince you that everything a pope...

Pope Pius VII has long been one of my favorite popes (a list I need to finish up for this blog, along with about 50 other items I start...

One thing I've noticed in all this religious liberty talk is the number of people who announce their utter disdain for Catholicism, who ...

When Indiana passes a law that is basically a reiteration of a federal law and based on a right explicitly discussed in the Constitution, al...

I hope you watched it. There was a report on the genocide of Christians in the Middle East. The story largely speaks for itself, but a coupl...

It occurred to me during the recent St. Patrick's Day how many great stories we have surrounding the Apostle of Ireland. Which made me t...

A couple of things I've been told in the last few days: ISIS isn't really Islam. Pope Francis is our first really Catholic Pope sinc...

I am amazed at how so many people will take any and every opportunity to express their disdain and even hatred for our popes of recent histo...

Sure, sure, I can always just boldly declare that he freaking rules . While true, that doesn't exactly explain things. In addition to h...

From the looks of things, it's given us a widespread perspective that stories where a guy and gal in a fornicative relationship wherein ...

As an appendix to the post below re: St. John XXIII, we invite you to head over to Unam Sanctam and check out this entry that lays out some...

The Pope has been on a big run lately in talking about the importance of fathers. Take these comments today from Zenit , for example. In h...

I've decided that the above caption is going to serve as my response to the standard "progressive" outrage over anything that ...

I've been seeing this a lot what with Ferguson and all.  If only those same people cared enough to assert that #UnbornBlackLivesMatter, ...