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The Flying Monk?

Today is the feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino. To learn about his life go here. Joseph was born into a poor family in Cupertino, Italy in 1603. His father was a poor carpenter who died before he was born, and his impoverished mother gave birth to him in a stable. The poor boy […]

Next up to Bat – Pius XIII?

Why Pope Francis may be on the way to being a lame duck pope.

Next Up to Bat – Pius XIII?

Richard Gaillardetz is a theology professor at Boston College, and he’s penned this insightful essay over at America Magazine. He guides us through the development of various understandings of papal authority, and the historical overview is very interesting. He points out how Pope St John Paul II was the most prolific of papal authors, and […]

The Mutilation Generation

In Dante’s Inferno, the violent are confined in the seventh circle. This circle has three rings: the violent against one’s neighbor, the violent against one’s self and the violent against God, nature and art. In the second ring the suicides are imprisoned in trees. They have lost their bodily form because they destroyed their body through suicide. […]

Catholic Socialism. Whatzat?

Dr. Taylor Marshall is a pretty amazing guy. He’s a novelist, theologian, Bible scholar, online educator and amazing convert. In this post he corrects the idea that there is such a thing as Catholic Socialism Go here to read more.

Sharing the Passion of Christ

A few years ago I realized that Our Lady of Sorrows is one of the reasons I’m a Catholic. Of course, as a convert the image of Mary with seven swords piercing her heart was not immediately attractive or accessible. But when I stopped to examine the devotion I came to understand that this was […]

The Three Kings and King Arthur

When I lived in England I made a visit to a place in Somerset called the Cadbury Hill Fort. It is an ancient hilltop settlement which, in various times was used as a fort, castle or fortified village. Some historians believe it was the location of King Arthur’s Camelot. When you visit it can be […]

Standing on My Head is On the Move

I’ve been blogging here at Patheos for a good number of years now and I’m grateful to the Patheos team for hosting my blog and widening my audience. However, in the next week or so I will be moving my blog to my own website. This enables me to return to a more personal style […]

Does Everybody Live Happily Ever After?

Excuse me for being critical of the USA, but it always happens after I return from Europe. But seriously, have you ever noticed how so much of American culture is like one big trip to Disneyland? Its like everybody is expected to be happy and healthy and smiling and successful all the time. 24-7 Now […]

The Latitude Attitude

Collectors of long words should be happy with “latitudinarianism.” This was an attitude which developed within Anglicanism in the seventeenth century and has become pretty much the status quo in the Church of England. From Wikipedia: Latitudinarians, or latitude men were initially a group of 17th-century English theologians – clerics and academics – from the University of Cambridge […]