St John Fisher Why was St John Fisher--the holy Bishop of Rochester-- the only English bishop to stand up to Henry VIII? It is easy, with hindsight, to dismiss the other English bishops as cowards and compromisers. However it is not so easy. Consider the circumstances. First of all, they were in a completely [...]
A Fluffernutter Catholic is one who combines sweet fluffy sentimentality with a certain nutty-ness in their opinions....
An email came in the other day which showed some confusion about the role of grace, faith and good works in our salvation. The Catholic was worried because a friend said salvation was by grace alone. I think he confused this with the Protestant heresy that salvation is by faith alone. Then the Protestants protest that [...]
This is the radical view of sexuality that is taught by the Catholic Church.
What if we were to actually breathe as much hell fire into the world and growl out the gospel like we meant it?
My post about a priest and a sports car raised more comments over at Facebook than almost anything I have written in the past. The opinions were about 50-50. Many saying, "Go ahead Father. The people who care don't matter and the people who matter don't care." Others were more cautious, saying that even if the [...]
Should a priest drive a sports car?
The Catholic News Agency reports here that the ARCIC (Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission) met in Germany to discuss ecclesiology. This is code for "let's get together and talk about the dwindling number of things on which we agree." Once again our heroes have come up with an "agreed statement". Unfortunately the article doesn't have much detail [...]
Anybody who reads this blog knows I am not a fan of Donald Trump, but the "beheading" stunt of Kathy Griffin was not only outrageous and offensive, but it was simply overwhelmingly stupid and crass.
The majority of the world's population is more motivated by their religion than their politics.