Are Adam and Eve Merely Mythical?
Some time ago I was out preaching a parish mission and in the Q&A afterwards a guy asked if it was a
The Earth is Not My Mother…Here’s Why
One of the most disturbing things about the final document from the Amazonian Synod is the repeated and unchallenged reference to "Mother
Fozzy Bear and the Amazonian Synod
I have just been making a brave attempt to read the Final Document from the Amazonian Synod, and what an extraordinary chore
Thinking it Through: The Varieties of Sinful Experience
If someone is fired from their job at a Catholic school for "marrying" someone of the same sex Fr James Martin SJ
All Saints and Bilbo’s Party
You can't help but enjoy the scene at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring in which Bilbo is hosting all the hobbits
And There Were Giants in the Land…
The latest episode of Stories of the Unexpected explores the discovery of gigantic skeletal remains all across America. Similar finds have been
And There Were Giants in the Land…
Stories of the Unexpected continue with my own stories linked with chapters from Michael Brown's book, Lying Wonders, Strangest Things. This episode recounts the
Who Says You Can’t Afford a Beautiful Church?
Three years ago we were finishing construction of the new Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville, SC. Our church is
Bishop von Mealymund on the Final Solution
When a local Catholic priest denied Reinhard Heydrich communion because of his support of the so called "final solution for the Jews,"
Pachamama, Witchcraft and Women’s Ordination
Over the weekend I commented on the Pachamama phenomenon over at The Stream and ended by saying as the 21st century unfolds