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Urgent Prayer Request

A reader writes: Emergency prayer request! A mom friend of ours little 2 year old girl (Sky) was rushed to the Children’s Medical Center here in CT with multiple seizures (out of the blue). Her O2 stat was as low as 30 and they are keeping her in an induced coma. She’s not doing well [Read More...]

Dear Pope Francis and Vatican Sex Abuse Guys

When you’ve lost Marie Collins, that’s a sign you are doing it wrong and need to rethink your work.

The Gomer Pyle Axiom of High and Low Expectations

Trump gave the best speech of his career last night, fulfilling the Gomer Pyle Axiom of High and Low Expectations. Gomer, for those of you born in the 80s and after, was a southern hick who joined the Marines and did not distinguish himself as an Einstein: Nobody expected much from Gomer as he bumbled [Read More...]

On the air with Rod Bennett at 5 PM Eastern…

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

Yesterday, Sam Rocha joined Michael Lichens and me…

…to talk about his work as a Catholic educator and philosopher and his new book Tell Them Something Beautiful (out next month). We also touched on the link between Pharrell Williams and St. Thomas Aquinas who both believe that Happiness is the Truth:

Your Guide to Ash Wednesday

Interesting that Tracey Ullman sees Christians…

…worthy of the defense of a satirist in Britain: Good satire always aims at the powerful in defense of the weak. Christians are now the weak in Britain.

Yesterday, Sherry Antonetti and I talked on Connecting the Dots…

…about the odd Providence of God, arguments about the orans position, and whether the Church should be worried about ET.

Today on Connecting the Dots at 5 PM…

I’ll be interviewing fellow Patheosi Sam Rocha. You can listen live here. Call in at 1-573-4BREAD4.

U.S. Bishops Chair On Migration Responds…

…to DHS Memoranda On Immigration Enforcement And Border Security