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Papabile of the Day

Leonardo Cardinal Sandri — John Allen’s Papabile of the Day — Go here.

Gay Marriage: Is it Right to be Wrong?

You will notice, when observing heated debates about various issues in our society that those engaged in battle do not actually discuss whether the actions they are debating are right or wrong. The arguments are being conducted on a different battlefield than the real one. The deceivers hope by winning a battle on one battleground [...]

Prophecies, Conspiracies and Crazies

I like a good conspiracy theory as well as the next guy. One of my favorites is the story of the Boy of  Bisley which purports that Queen Elizabeth I of England was really a man. The story is that the princess died in childhood and a red haired boy was substituted to avoid the King’s [...]

Guest Blogger John Zmirak

Sometimes I have real guest bloggers, and today my guest is John Zmirak. John is a graduate of  Yale. He studied screenwriting and fiction, and earned a PhD from Louisiana State on Walker Percy. He writes for lots of websites, journals and magazines and is the author of The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Good Living, The [...]

Today’s Papabile

Instead of running my own posts on the possible new popes I’ll be linking to Vatican correspondent John Allen, who is focusing on a different cardinal each day. Today’s choice is Peter Cardinal Turkson from Ghana. John Allen also reports  that Sean Cardinal O’Malley is gaining much favorable interest, and says Rome is abuzz with [...]

Cardinal’s Who’s Who – 2

Instead of publishing my own profiles of papabile, I’ll provide some links. Here’s John Allen’s profile on Cardinal Ravasi, Prefect of the Council for Culture. Here’s a good article from Aleteia by Sandro Magister on a round up of some other papabile. Fr John McCloskey reflects on Benedict XVI’s achievement at Aletiea here. Elizabeth Scalia [...]

Dealing with Demonic Rage

If you ever want to see how bad things have become find an article in the mainstream media about the Pope or the Catholic Church, then jump down to the comments page. You’ll probably find the most sweaty, irrational, blasphemous, ignorant and rage-filled rants imaginable. I saw one this morning which called for the Pope [...]

Todd Unctuous on the Papal Resignation

Guest blogger Todd Unctuous is top commentator for MSM. With a degree in Media Studies from Scranton Community College, Todd writes for many papers and websites, and is known for his incisive writing, objective reporting and razor sharp comment. A dear friend of mine who is a devout Catholic has written a fine piece for [...]

Hypocrites and Heretics

I’d rather be a hypocrite than a heretic. A hypocrite is a person who knows the truth and believes the truth, but doesn’t live by it. People and complained about bad popes, and some of them were real stinkers, but they were hypocrites not heretics. A hypocrite knows the truth but fails to live by [...]

Abusing the Allegations of Abuse

Let’s get the record straight. The abuse of innocents by Catholic clergy is not as bad as the Catholic haters report. Here’s an example: Brendan O’Neill writes here about the MacAleese Report on the Magdalene Laundries–Irish homes for unwed mothers run by sisters in the 50s and 60s. The laundries–where unwed mothers (who were often kicked [...]