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What Catholics Have Sacrificed…

by Allying with Evangelical Republicans: The affair of Fr. Patrick Conroy’s tendered and withdrawn resignation as chaplain of the House of Representatives is one of those regrettable incidents in our public life that nevertheless has the virtue of bringing to light certain things that most politicians would prefer to be kept in the dark. Among […]

Ask Your Doctor If the Blood of a Virgin is Right for You

Everybody need a hobby. Reader Laura Freeburn’s odd hobby is translating medieval German texts into English. Sometimes she runs into odd things: The following is my snarky summary of the medieval story Der arme Heinrich by Hartmann von Aue. If you enjoyed the now-defunct website The Toast, you might like this too. If not…I have other posts. Go here if […]

Commonweal Follows up on Austin Ruse’s Massively Stupid Attack on Common Decency

So last week, I chronicled a bit of Austin Ruse’s anti-semitic, idiotic, and false attack on Jenn Morson, Simcha Fisher, and Rebecca Bratten Weiss and the lie that there was some “coordinated attack” happening against Catholic institutions of higher learning–all funded by the sinister ArchJew George Soros. Soros has become the bogeyman of the Right […]

My Chum Mike Drollman…

…got interviewed for the Servants Heart program about the Central Washington Catholic Youth Camp. If you are looking for a great Catholic Youth Camp this summer, give this a listen!

Pete Vere Asks the Musical Question….

“Is it time for a New Catholic Apologetics Movement?” He’s got a bunch of good ideas, all of which I more or less agree with. I’m mostly riffing off his piece here, not really to add or subtract or dispute, but just because he got me thinking about my own experience with that work. Other […]

Mailbag: On Judging

A reader writes: I hope you are doing well, and that this past Lent and Easter have brought you and yours closer to Our Lord. Yes.  Thank you! Ok, so I have a question that has been on my mind quite a bit of late.  What exactly did Jesus mean in Luke 6:37 when He […]

Why Creeds?: Everything Old is New Again

In which we continue our look at creeds in The Catholic Weekly: As we saw last time, St. Paul records a brief summary of the Faith in 1 Timothy 3:16. As a young Evangelical, that gave me pause.  It meant that creeds–summaries of the Faith–were biblical, not some medieval accretion. For, of course, even in the […]

A refutation of a disgusting Right Wing Culture War Lie

So a particularly stupid Whataboutist Gotcha from some of my readers runs thus: We should not use any murdered person as a prop for our ideas, whether he was murdered by doctors or a school shooter. Your use of gun violence victims to promote your anti-gun violence agenda is just as exploitative as the people […]

Christianists Cry Wolf

As far as I can tell from the chatter (and not having seen the whole performance), there was one joke I would actually be offended by at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, because it punched down, and viciously so: Comedy gold for Democrats… #WHCD #MichelleWolf #NetflixStar pic.twitter.com/heud9ftXze — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018 This […]

Austin Ruse Blows the Jewish Dogwhistle

Austin Ruse, who is definitely not sending out anti-semitic dogwhistles or anything, claims that Simcha Fisher, Jenn Morson, and Rebecca Bratten Weiss, all Jewish Jews of Jewishness, if you catch my meaning, if you get my drift, are somehow receiving gelt from ArchJew George Soros, Master Octopus of the Conspiracy. He also has noted elsewhere […]