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The Playboys: Hefner, Harvey, Trump and Clinton

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been exposed as a serial sex creep. The not so big news is that this sort of thing not only continues, but men of power continue to get away with it.

The Rosary Around Poland

To celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary this weekend millions of Poles surrounded their country in prayer. The news that a million Poles encircled their country with prayer in a public witness was a powerful reminder of the struggles that face Western countries with a Christian heritage. They were commemorating the Battle […]

Las Vegas and the Angel of Despair

The shooting in Las Vegas must have hit most Americans as it did me. We thought we were calloused and hardened to this kind of thing. Terrorists who drive trucks into family crowds, others who knife strangers, shoot up night clubs, churches or schools. Despite the horror there usually seems to be some kind of […]

Blunt Talk About Hugh Hefner

Ross Douthat lays it on the line about Hugh Hefner. I wrote here asking if he is in hell. Ross doesn’t bother with that judgement. He simply makes the correct judgement not of the man but his deeds and his legacy. In doing so he opens up the whole ugly side of Playboy America–claiming quite […]

My Conversion Story

Today over at my main blog (which is now located at my newly designed blog-website) I have posted the first published version of my conversion story. My Conversion from the Anglican Church also introduces readers to the section of my new blog called “Archived Articles”. In this section I will be posting some of the various […]

I’ll Be Standing on My Head Elsewhere

Load ’em up and move ’em out… This blog, Standing on My Head is moving It is now located at my newly designed website. I will retain a presence here at Patheos where my archived materials are lodged. I will also blog here from time to time. My main blog, however, is now here. Come […]

You’re a Priest. How Do You Find Time To…

Someone asked me recently, “Catholic priests are under enormous pressure to feed the hungry, house the homeless and minister to the depressed. How do you find time to write so much?” The answer is that I only do what only Fr Dwight Longenecker can do. I phrase it like that to make my point…There’s two […]

St Michael Hammer of Heresies

This is my favorite time of the year. Not only is the beginning of Autumn the most beautiful season, but I love this ten days in the church calendar: St Michael, St Jerome, St Therese, St Francis, St Faustina, Our Lady of the Rosary. Overdose of the Holy Ghost. Now to St Michael: Here’s one of […]

Is Hugh Hefner in Hell?

Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine is dead. The Catholic Church teaches that at the moment of death the eternal destiny of each soul is determined. You go up or you go down. Hugh Hefner led a life that was not only sexually self indulgent, but it objectified women, glamorized sin and caused millions […]

Fr Harvey Nicolaitan SJ on Choosing Your Dissent

Guest blogger Fr Harvey Nicolaitan SJ, is a master of modern media. With a degree in Communications, he is a well known author and guest on reality TV shows, Fr Nicolaitan is the author of My Little Rainbow Bridge- a children’s story about being kind to trolls. He has been invited to speak at many of our nation’s […]