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Trump refers to the military as “my military”

A former Secretary of Defense warns of what such a sinister banana republic cult of personality view does. There are few things more profoundly rejected by the entire American constitutional order than the idea that the our troops are the personal property of the President of the United States.

On the air with Rod Bennett at 5 PM Eastern…

On Connecting the Dots. Give us a call at 1-573-4BREAD4.

Yesterday, Michael Lichens and I talked…

…with Sr. Rose Pacatte about movies, media literacy, theology, and politics–and Hildegard of Bingen:

Authentic Christian Holiness

This, not calls for the death penalty, is what real Christian witness looks like:

A fascinating documentary from the BBC on the Shroud of Turin

…piling up more evidence for its authenticity. I’ve always believed it to be genuine. If it’s a fake, make another one, using the technology available in 14th century France or 13th century Constantinople. Good luck with that. There’s even a credible line of transmission from first century Jerusalem to 14th century France. One of the [Read More...]

Today, I will be chatting with Sr. Rose Pacatte at 5 PM Eastern…

live on Connecting the Dots. You can call in at at 1-573-4BREAD4 if you’d like to join the conversation.

Yesterday, Sherry Antonetti and I talked about Easter…

…and the Shroud of Turin:

A reader asks about the Infancy Narratives of Luke and Matthew

He writes: Hi, Mark, what do you make of the idea that Mt and Lk have contradicting accounts of Jesus’s birth? We were told today that Lk invented the census to get Jesus to Bethlehem (there is no historical record of a census at that time) and Mt has Mary and Jesus living in Bethlehem [Read More...]

A reader asks me to post her prayer request…

…for peace. Father, hear our prayer that we would avoid the scourge of war. Help us to listen to your Holy Church’s teaching on Just War and not commit again the murderous sin of pre-emptive war. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Good for TESCO!

So last week, in postmodern Britain, a company called TESCO, clearly innocent of even the most rudimentary familiarity with Christianity, announced a sale on beer and wine with the sunny proclamation “Good Friday just got better!” It ranks higher than “Ham! Perfect for Hanukkah” on the Religious Cluelessness Richter Scale. Christian in Britain (and around [Read More...]