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Stick em Up Campaign

C’mon now pardners, reach for the sky! Not many of y’all have dug deep and made a donation yet this month. You know what I’ve been saying, this here campaign for funds ain’t for the good padre. He don’t want to ask for donations now he’s getting paid a little to blog. But he does [Read More...]

I Put My Words in Pope Francis’ Mouth – Scalfari

Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari admits now that not only did he not record his interview with Pope Francis, nor take notes, but he re-phrased the Pope’s comments in his own words. In a meeting with the journalists of the Foreign Press Association of Rome, Scalfari maintained that all his interviews have been conducted without a [Read More...]

The Weight of Glory

Honor C.S.Lewis today on the fiftieth anniversary of his death–and a service in Westminster Abbey where a plaque in Poet’s Corner will be unveiled–by reading his most famous sermon–The Weight of Glory. Here’s an excerpt: In speaking of this desire for our own far- off country, which we find in ourselves even now, I feel a [Read More...]

Kreeft on Lewis

  This long article–is brilliant. It’s a paper Peter Kreeft presented to the C.S.Lewis Society in 1998 –the centennial of Lewis’ birth. I was going to tell you how Lewis was responsible for the most memorable moment of the most memorable conference I ever attended. Dozens of high-octane Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant [Read More...]

Jack Outside the Box – Celebrating C.S.Lewis

One of things most refreshing about C.S.Lewis was his seeming unconcern about what others thought of him. There’s a whiff of real humility there. He was not worried enough about his career to stop writing religious books or popular science fiction or children’s fairy tales, and he suffered rejection by his peers–not being elected as [Read More...]

Strange Comment

On the post about Anglicans no longer being weird came this comment: It must be a consolation to belong to a church which never has any problems. It apparently qualifies you to sneer at lesser churches which sadly do have problems. The comment shows a strange lack of understanding regarding churches and problems. In criticizing [Read More...]

The Story of Thomas More’s Beard

Go here for the four best Catholic beards…From the article here is the story of St Thomas More’s beard: Henry VIII condemned St. Thomas More to death after he refused to deny papal supremacy. More had been confined in the Tower of London for over a year (hence the beard, and why it’s not pictured). [Read More...]

What Went Wrong in England

More on the crisis in the Church of England here. It’s not just the Church of England, but England. John Zmirak comments, Author John Zmirak sees the decline of the Church of England as part of the fallout from traumatic events in the 20th century. “Peter Hitchens does the best job of analyzing the death [Read More...]

C’mon Now Cough Up!

Hey there pardners, I don’t know if y’all are coughing up on this year’s Stick ‘em Up Campaign ’cause I can’t see the radio station’s donations. Have you given your two bits? Here’s what I’m saying. The good padre told me he don’t want your money this year. He reckons because there’s ads on his [Read More...]

The Relentless Protestant Pursuit of Progress

As the Church of England moves to make women bishops it is worth reflecting on the tyrannical pursuit of progress typified by the progressives. This pursuit of progress for its own sake is insidious, dangerous and relentless. It is also intrinsically Protestant. The progressive always needs a noble cause.  Their identity is defined by the [Read More...]