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The problem in a nutshell…

The Reporter (boo!  hiss!  unclean!  All praise and honor to the Genetic Fallacy–which frees us from having to listen to anything outside our ideological bubble!) remarks: So the news the traditionalist blog Rorate Caeli had proclaimed Aug. 19 as “unbelievable” turned out to be anything but. Not even the “formal correction” of Cardinal Raymond Burke, but a lesser “filial […]

Pope Francis: Guilty till proven innocent

Michael Liccione remarks: Back when I was a callow youth, I was defending some theologian–I think it was de Lubac–against another theologian’s savage critique. Finally, exasperated, he protested: “We don’t want statements that *can* be interpreted in an orthodox sense. We want statements that *cannot* be interpreted in a heterodox sense!” Pope Francis is facing […]

Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein writes about Amoris Laetitia

She writes: Dr. Robert Fastiggi of Sacred Heart Major Seminary and I have written what we believe is an important contribution to the current discussion of Amoris laetitia. Please read and share: Does Amoris Laetitia 303 Really Undermine Catholic Moral Teaching? When read in its original Latin, one contested passage in the document has a […]

There has never been a time…

…when black people peacefully protesting they are getting the shaft has *ever* been acceptable to whites. No form of peaceful protest is acceptable.  None.  And this is still the level of discourse common from those whites threatened by peaceful protest: Martin Luther Coon. In 2017. And he knows perfectly well that his joke is hilarious […]

What would a Starship Want with God?

Deacon Steven Greydanus takes a look at the Star Trek franchise’s complicated relationship with religion: “What would God want with a starship?” That line, uttered by William Shatner’s Capt. James T. Kirk in the much-derided Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) — co-written and directed by Shatner himself — is probably that film’s most famous (or […]

Had Andrew March on Connecting the Dots

We had fun talking about the hypocrisy of Left and Right, as well as me explaining some of the bizarre Inside Baseball of Francis-hating Catholics on the warpath. He’s a Protestant pastor and prolife activist with a very high regard for Our Lady (and for Pope Francis) that gets him in trouble with his fellow […]

Lady Gaga and Donald Trump

Lady Gaga posts a pic of herself sincerely praying the Rosary in her illness.  The Righteous assemble to denounce her and drive her away as a vile seductress. Donald Trump, having already to confessed to sexual assault and never apologizing for that (he demurred that his confession was not a confession but “locker room talk”), now […]

Michael Liccione writes about the “filial correction”

Sez he: Having now read the text of the “filial correction” of the Pope, I find it to be mostly a massive exercise in question-begging. Thus, e.g., while it’s true that unrepentant adulterers and fornicators should not receive the Eucharist, the real question is whether every irregular marriage or cohabiting relationship constitutes unrepented adultery or […]

40 Days for Life Gets Under Way on Wednesday

Here’s the info for our local group here in Everett, Washington.  You can find the info for you your local group via Google: Dear Supporters of Life: Join us out on the sidewalks Sept. 27th when: the largest fall 40 Days for Life campaign ever will kick off in more than 715 cities around the world! We want to pour […]

Give to Catholic Relief Services

…to help the victims of Hurricane Maria.  Puerto Rico is desperate and needs electricity, food, and especially water. Go here to help.