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A reader sent along this prescription for the Church…

which seems pretty sound to me. Discuss: The abuse crisis in the church requires three action plans moving forward. The first is to ensure justice and restitution to victims. The second is to remove the bad actors which may include some bishops who are particularly egregious for cover-up. The third requires an approach to prevention […]

I’m Staying

Bishop Barron does a good job articulating why: When I have more time I will try to give some of my personal reasons (all reasons for being Catholic are ultimately personal ones since our God is a personal God).

A reader struggles with his faith and asks for my advice

A reader writes I’m sure you get lots of emails like this, especially these days. You’re one of my favorite Catholic writers; I read By What Authority during my conversion about 7 years ago, and your blog is a source of continuing solace for me. I attend an Extraordinary Form parish, I’m a trad at heart, […]

Saturday is a Nice Day to Relax and Enjoy Catholic Nerd Music

Here is a project called Clamavi de Profundis. They do Catholic: And they do Nerd:

Part Seven of My Series at the Catholic Weekly…

…on God the Father: Because of our tendency to rip truth out of the weave of revelation or wrongly order those truths, one of the functions of the Creed is to help us rightly order our knowledge of God. Jesus’ ultimate revelation about the first Person of the Trinity is that God is not a […]

On the Dumb Nike Flap

Here is what is the real problem with Nike and always has been: it is a sweatshop corporation that pays starvation wages to foreign workers toiling in oppressive conditions.  Christians–that is, disciples of Jesus Christ–actually care about that and see the lot of crushed and impoverished workers abroad as related to, not the opposite of, […]

If you are looking for some fun books for kids 7-10…

…may I recommend Brandon Hale’s delightful (and growing) little series? A fun Christmas present (though I know it’s a bit early for Christmas).

Sherry Weddell Speaks the Truth

She writes: I’ve spent the last 21 years traveling the highways and byways of the US Catholic Church. I’m always astonished at how narrow even a Bishop’s perspective can be. The clergy of the global Catholic Church make up ONLY 3/100th of 1% of the Body Catholic. 99.97% of us have never darkened the door […]

A reader ponders Trump’s policy of child abuse and torture at the border

She writes from Canada: Attached are three stories from the CBC that you will probably find interesting. My question is: I don’t know anything about kid’s psychology, but I wonder if there is a serious risk that some, or even many, of the kids traumatized by their separation from their parents in such a way, […]

Conversation with a Reader About the Crisis

He writes: There must be a reformation in the Church. Not in the Catholic FAITH, but in the administrative hierarchy. Business as usual needs to be “violently” shaken to the core. Pope Francis, a pope I’ve loved, must resign and clearly state the reasons why. The clergy needs to be purged of abuse offenders and […]