Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 25

Marshalling the Forces of White Supremacy and Anti-Semitism

The Catholic tradition teaches that concupiscence “darkens the intellect” or, as I like to say, sin makes you stupid. Examples of this abound these days as Family Values Christianist prostrate themselves to adore a self-confessed sex predator who shags porn stars behind his third wife’s back and proclaim a man who welcomes the title “Second […]

It’s the Last Episode of Catholic and Enjoying It Live! tonight!

Catholic and Enjoying It is on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10 PM Eastern) for the last time tonight.  They asked me to do twelve shows and I gave it a whack, but I’m working on two books and doing other stuff besides and I just couldn’t afford to carve out an hour […]

In Heaven It is Always Autumn

Lots of people reckon Autumn to start on the Autumnal Equinox on September 23. I reckon Autumn to start on Labor Day. So here is a little offering from John Donne and the Wheaton College Women’s Chorale. IF I should declare what God hath done (done occasionally,) for my soul, where He instructed me for […]

This could either be good or dreadful

Drama is about conflict and so my fear is that the screenwriter will invent a conflict between these two popes that doesn’t exist and make everybody dumber as a result. I also fear they will turn it into a simple-minded Good Francis vs. Evil Benedict narrative. There’s an outside chance they will turn it into […]

The Empire Strikes Back at Dawn Eden Goldstein

When last we left Dawn, she was challenging the principalities and powers behind the publication of Taylor Marshall’s execrable screed Infiltration. By no coincidence, Dawn’s challenge to that screed and to the vile attack on Francis by Cdl. Burke and Patrick Coffin, in which they encourage the anti-Francis Freak Show to declare his election invalid […]

The Adventures of Dawn Eden Goldstein, Part 2

In which my heroic friend takes on some very powerful figures in the Right Wing Christianist Freak Show that has come to dominate American conservative Catholic media in their struggle to promote a blaspheming weirdo who gladly accepts the accolades “King of Israel” and “Second Coming of God” while making open and naked war on […]

The Adventures of Dawn Eden Goldstein, Part 1

I love Dawn.  She is smart.  She is well-educated.  She is devoted to Jesus Christ in his Church.  And she has guts.  Here she is, taking on the Trump-adoring, Francis-hating Right Wing Freak Show on Twitter.  She does such a thorough job that I am going to let her speak for herself for the next […]

On the Legacy of David Koch

One of the weird things about the Christianist Freak Show is that you can display all the approval you like of this guy and his immensely destructive career and nobody will ever say, “Why are you distracting from the Faith to talk about politics?” But observe the obvious fact that he was a profoundly anti-life […]

The Cult of Trump tries to gin up a pogrom

As we saw the other day, Trump buys the right wing anti-semitic tropes that American Jews are all supposed to be “loyal” to the Netanyahu regime and that his support for that regime means he is the rightful owner of American Jewish votes. Therefore, when they refuse to support him because he is a racist […]

My guest this evening will be Scott Stantis, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune

Catholic and Enjoying It is on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10 PM Eastern) every Monday night.  Tonight, we will be chatting with Scott Stantis, cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and author of Prickly City.  You can listen here and you can call into the show at 1-866-333-6279 while we are on the air […]