Popin' Ain't Easy

This is from an article entitled " Kirk and Catholic Church strengthen ties ." The two faiths, historically divided along sectaria...

It is without a doubt that persecution of the Church (and the faithful) is coming, and in fact is already here, as Throwback point...

Both Karl and myself have gotten our share of criticism over the years for predicting that Catholicism would one day be outlawed as hate spe...

It's come up a few times here that I watch Jack Van Impe. So sue me. About a week ago, my wife and I were tuned in to see him and Rexell...

One of the things that never fails to surprise me is how influential Thomas Merton is. Honestly, I had never even heard of the guy until I m...

Lost: Mr. Eko got screwed. The finale sucked. And it was indifferentist crap. American Idol: Does it even deserve commentary? Except perhaps...

The Pope asked for you to . Dear Pastors and all the faithful, the date 24 May could in the future become an occasion for the Catholics of t...

Let me say that I'm surprised that Brave New World came out the winner. Sure, there were only 7 votes, but for me, Logan's Run is th...

And in appreciation for all those who stuck with us during our down time, I hereby present the funniest thing I've seen in quite a while...

My computer has been assailed by some really nasty crap. We're working on it and hope to be back to normal soon.

Holy smokes. Check out these quotes from Bishop Anba Suriel, a Coptic bishop who was invited as an observer to a meeting of the Anglican Glo...

We just hit two years on the blogging circuit. Thanks especially to Karl, who provides the good posts here, and the trillions and trillions ...

During a recent outing, we were blessed to have a day with fine spring weather. I'm an autumn guy myself, but spring usually comes in se...

Sort of. This is from a little book called The Ways of God from Sophia Institute Press , though it appears to be out of print now. They are ...

The Holy Father's Fifth Anniversary didn't get much coverage. There was far too much calumny going on to focus on such a minor occas...

Will we ever see one? I'm not so sure. It's amazing to me how so many bishops can gripe and moan, in the name of collegiality, about...

Demonstrated graphically by AmericanPapist . Very interesting, and positive, stuff.

Well, not exactly dying off, but getting so old that they become less of a voice, at least by comparison to the young and the zealous on the...

Soylent Green? Logan's Run? Brave, New World? I'm left to wonder lately.

Previously , we talked about how folks might re-consider what all this abuse stuff was going to mean for JPII's legacy. The NYT has pick...

This is from the Mirror of Justice : Over the past three years, "Chris" (let's call him) has experienced a pronounced attracti...

Don't tell Wills, Foxman, or Cornwell, but it actually happened: An interreligious group trying to discover the facts regarding Pope Piu...

Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando is heading to Miami to replace Archbishop Favalora. I don't know anything about him, other than what we...

I know I said that I was doing a quick run-down of the scandal stuff on Sunday, but I saw this and knew that it should have a distinct post....

Things aren't really improving there, per the Union of Catholic Asian News . To the contrary: Several mainland bishops, approved by the ...