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Cardinal Marx Condones Blessing Gay Marriage?

The screaming headline this weekend was that German Cardinal Marx has given the nod to Catholic priests blessing same sex unions. The debate is, as you would expect, complicated. However, the main point of my post over at my main blog is that it should not be. Jesus said, “Let your yes be yes and […]

Cardinal Parolin to China: “Let’s Make a Deal!”

Cardinal Parolin as Vatican Secretary of State will be the one heading up the long term discussions with the Chinese authorities about the Catholic Church in China. Most readers will have gathered that in 1957 the Chinese Communist government established the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association–a state approved Catholic Church. Instead of the Russian attempt to […]

Hey Baby!

On Monday fourteen Senators who identify publicly as Catholics voted for late term abortion to be legal in the United States. We should be clear. Late term abortion means the dismemberment of an unborn child, the crushing of its skull and removal from the mother’s body. Usually the child is killed first with a lethal […]

The Fourteen Catholic Senators Who Enabled Late Term Abortion

Yesterday was a day of shame and horror for Catholics in America Fourteen of our senators who identify publicly as Catholics voted against a bill that would outlaw late term abortion. For anyone who is unfamiliar with this barbaric procedure, here is a reminder. Remember the baby feels pain at this stage as he is […]

Has Google Censored Jesus?

Todd Starnes comments here on the weirdness that the new Google talkback gadget knows who Allah and Buddha are but draws a blank on Jesus. Some folks across the fruited plain are wondering if their Google Home smart speakers have an aversion to Christianity. A number of users have complained that Google’s popular virtual assistant […]

Pilgrimage to Holy Land

Join me in September to re-trace the steps of the Magi from Petra to Bethlehem and beyond. Go here for full information

Atheists and Wishful Thinking

One of the most common jibes of atheists against religious believers is, “You folks are engaged in some serious fantasy like wishful thinking. You believe in a magic fairyland beyond the clouds where everyone will one day live in blissful peace, and you believe you will go there one day. You believe in a Santa […]

Sunday Homilies Now Available as Podcasts

You can now go to my main blog to listen to the podcast of my homilies week by week. Go here for Sunday’s homily: Citizens of the Kingdom and Fishers of Men.

Catholic Bishop Boycotts March for Life?

Thomas Williams reports here about the Catholic Bishop of Little Rock. Anthony B Taylor– boycotted the March for Life because the state Attorney General was on the platform, and the Attorney General is in favor of the death penalty. Williams points out that the two issues are not exactly of the same magnitude: In the […]

Oprah and Opium

Ross Douthat has a column at the New York Times today which ponders the priestess of pop religion: Oprah Winfrey. In the fall of 2014, Oprah Winfrey ran a “transformative two-day live event,” a traveling roadshow that was held in eight cities around the country. For this interactive revival-tent experience, she was joined by her “handpicked life trailblazers,” […]