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Jacob Rees Mogg: A Practically Perfect Catholic Politician

Jacob Rees Mogg is a not only a perfect English gentleman of the old school, he is also a committed conservative Catholic and a consummate politician. Usually when we hear the word “politician” we think of some grubby, obese slime ball doing back room deals while chomping on a stogie. Not so Mr Rees Mogg. […]

A Catholic Anglophile on the Royal Wedding

I guess I can take the label of Catholic Anglophile. I moved to England in 1979 to study theology, became an Anglican priest, then converted to the Catholic faith. What do I think of today’s royal wedding? Well, part of me can’t help noticing that red-haired prince Harry married a divorced woman in St George’s […]

God, a Gala and Gold Plated Chicken Wings

Social media is a wonder because it throws into your face aspects of life you might never otherwise consider, and last night was no exception. I stumbled across this Gala at the Met extravaganza in which numerous people who are evidently famous in some way wore outlandish outfits to a gala in New York City […]

In Which Sarah Huckabee Sanders Teaches a Bible Verse

This clip from the Daily Caller shows White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders teaching the nation a Bible verse. The verse is Romans 12:19-21 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” On the contrary, if your enemy […]

Triumphs and Tragedies -2

The second episode of my twenty part podcast series on the History of the Catholic Church is now available here on my main blog-website. Each episode gives an overview of the highs and lows of one century in the 2,000 year history of Catholicism I invite you to join the conversation!

What Alfie Evans Unlocked

Now that little Alfie Evans has joined the angels, it is worth looking again at what really happened in this event. We saw something extraordinary emerge. It was called “Alfie’s Army” At the hospital crowds gathered to rage against the authorities. Around the world small groups gathered to pray and protest. Social media was set […]

Church History Podcast

I’ve started a twenty part podcast series on the history of the Catholic Church. You can follow it over at my main blog-website Standing on My Head. Go here. You can also follow it at BreadBox Media. Just scroll down to my title page and click through to PodBean to subscribe. You can also subscribe […]

Christ Rising and the Death of Fatalism

I was talking philosophy with my college student son the other day and I asked, “So do you know what fatalism is?” “Something about death?” It reminded me of the time I asked my other son if he knew what Nihilism was and said, “Something to do with Egypt?” I explained that fatalism was not […]

The Shroud of Turin: Evidence for Easter

In 2015 when the Holy Shroud of Turin was last on public display I happened to be on that side of the Atlantic and made the effort to travel to Italy to venerate the shroud. I have written about it here, and here I have explained how the shroud is the scientific evidence that atheists […]

The Mystery of the Three Crosses

The three crosses on the hill of Golgotha carry deep symbolic meaning, but you have to dig down into the beliefs of first century Judaism to discover the full meaning. Brant Pitre’s The Jewish Roots of Holy Week has been brilliant for bringing out some of these details. First we ask why the cross has been referred […]