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Grappling with Heaven and Hell

Here is my latest article for The Imaginative Conservative website. Pondering on a visit to Belize and the Mayan temples it goes on to consider the need of modern man for a believe in an over world and underworld. The sky temples and cave shrines are evident in the remains of most primitive societies. They [Read More...]

Can Prayer Bring World Peace?

In the wake of yesterday’s prayer meeting with Pope Francis, Mahmoud Abbas, Shimon Peres and leaders of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim faiths, one wants to ask, “So what?” Really now. What good does it do to bring people together to pray on a nice June day in an Italian garden? It was [Read More...]

A Summary of the Summit

John Allen has his usual concise and smart commentary on things Vatican here. He observes that Pope Francis has managed to bring together the Palestinian and Israeli factions to pray together and tiptoed through the diplomatic minefield not only of the warring states, but the sensitivities of members of Christians, Muslims and Jews about inter [Read More...]

For Pentecost My Favorite Hymn

How the Archbishop of Canterbury Found Christ in Africa

As readers of this blog will know I have not been a big fan of the last two Archbishops of Canterbury. George Carey seemed like buffoon who was out of his depth and in Rowan Williams they fell off the other side of the horse with a man who was so in depth that he [Read More...]

Legalism and License

You should read The Catholic Thing. It’s a website that publishes a good solid Catholic essay each day. Not lots of blog posts. Not lots of comment and opinion. Just a good essay every day. They’ve asked me to contribute one essay a month. Here’s my effort for June–writing about the polar problems of excessive [Read More...]

Do Muslims and Catholics Worship the Same God?

Here is an excellent question from the heart which came up in the combox. It’s not only a good question, but it is framed in a polite and honest way by a woman genuinely seeking an answer….unlike the one I will publish later in this post. Fr. Dwight, what can you suggest to someone like [Read More...]

Pro Life Billboard Towers Over Abortion Mill

Love this article at Life Site News: For one glorious day a pro-life billboard towered over Planned Parenthood’s pathetic little abortion feeder with the simple but powerful message, “Choose Life = No Regrets.”

Christians on the Cliff Edge

Beachy Head is a famous landmark on the South coast of England. It is a high bluff overlooking the sea and it ends in a sheer drop. The cliff is a historic suicide location. In 2004 a group of Christians decided to start the Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team. A group of trained volunteers teamed with [Read More...]

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity – Bah! Humbug!

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite ou Mort. I’d exchange “ou” for “et” My latest article for Imaginative Conservative explores and exposes the humanistic ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. They’re bogus, and here’s why: My antipathy to the French Revolution was brought into focus by Dom Gregory Pilcher’s observation while I was visiting in his Arkansas parish [Read More...]