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 United [...]
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,” authors [...]
Still Standing on My Head
Some regular readers at Patheos may be wondering what happened to my blog Standing on My Head. Last fall I moved it over to my new website to consolidate all my outreach efforts in one place. I still blog here from time to time, and ten years worth of archived material is still published here at [...]
Two Straight Guys Get Married to Avoid Inheritance Tax
There was a case some years back when same sex civil unions were legalized in Britain in which two elderly sisters applied to get married so one could inherit easily if the other died. As I remember, they were denied their civil rights. I guess that was not only a case of two women marrying, but [...]
More Americans Disbelieve the Christmas Story
A poll from the Pew Research Center reports that fewer Americans than ever believe the Christmas story is historical. The New York Times reports here about the "Christmas Wars" The most seismic change captured by the survey, from a theological standpoint, may be the declining number of people who said they believed the biblical story of Christmas [...]
Take Courage
When I lived in England there was a brewery that boosted a brand of beer called "Courage" They had a striking ad campaign that featured a pint of their beer with the simple slogan "Take Courage". The same might be said of a new website launched by the Courage apostolate. For those who are not in [...]
Who Were the Wise Men?
Here is this week's video about the Mystery of the Magi https://youtu.be/xUHZt7jDEg4
The Dictator Pope? Kwitcherbellyakin.
A new book called The Dictator Pope is making a splash. I'm reminded of a handmade sign my mom had in the kitchen that just said, "Kwitcherbellakin" The Dictator Pope? I have to give full marks for a sensational headline. Dan Hitchens' and editor at London's Catholic Herald gives the book some airtime here. Apparently the [...]
New Magi Video
Check my latest short video about The Mystery of the Magi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrnOz2nTAKo