Popin' Ain't Easy

In kicking off what is sure to be a mammoth series on the Second Vatican Council, I will begin at the "sort of" beginning. The con...

Old Call to Action to break with Catholic Church There's a big freaking surprise. Not sure how I missed this one when it happened. In Ja...

We might be seeing this whole "charity in truth" thing becoming a bit of a motto for the Benedictine Vatican. Cardinal Canizares, ...

There have been a number of folks who took the Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics back in 2007 as some sort of white flag to the Commun...

I think everyone can agree that Newsweek has chosen the path of ragdom, rather than attempting to maintain status as an objective source for...

I think Rowan has hit rock bottom. Check out his latest statement on the Anglican "Communion" and homosexuality. Per CatholicCultu...

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Martha. As such, we got the following reading from Luke 10, which really doesn't paint our saint of t...

If you've read any historical lead-up to the Second Vatican Council, you've probably heard a story something like the following, and...

Just this week the Providence Journal revealed that a loophole in the state's minor laws do not restrict girls as young as 16 from worki...

As we keep plowing through the Holy Father’s latest encyclical, I’m going to go ahead and say that the guy needs an editor. Part of me wonde...

Just a story that isn't getting much pub right now: A Turkish official says restoration workers have uncovered the never-before-seen mo...

An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,but no sign will be given itexcept the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the be...

We'll work on "Blessed" first. I think of him that way already, but I wanted to throw this Zenit interview out there, given t...

Yes, that's the actual story . Hamas charges Israeli intelligence with spreading aphrodisiac chewing gum in Gaza in order to increase Ga...

Even in the womb. From the Washington Times : They weigh less than 3 pounds, usually, and are perhaps 15 inches long. But they can remember....

We left off from the previous post with the Holy Father talking about how human development isn't just about the acquisition or the beq...

Bishop D'Arcy of Fort Wayne has issued a few. It's a shame that any bishop should even have to do this. My question: If folks ignor...

They observe the Episcopal presiding bishop and her incense-bearing lover process down the aisle behind a statue of the Buddha, while the fa...

As a spiritual exercise for our family, we recently all signed up with the Cardinal Kung Foundation to be prayer sponsors for members of th...

Just dropping these here for your edification. This one is by Boniface over at Unam Sanctam . It's a good take on why current Protestant...

Remember when papal encyclicals used to be kind of short and easy to read? Me neither. I did finally make it through this new one, though. O...