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This blog used to be hosted at Patheos, but I created my own site because I wanted to get away from the increased commercialism. I also wanted to return to the more personal and relational style that I first had when blogging. As the readership increased at Patheos we lost the personal contact. I had to close the comments box because there were simply too many comments to moderate and extremists were using my combox as their soapbox.
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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Married Priests Now?
It seems there are billboards like this going up all across Cincinnati demanding "Married Priests. Now." My usual quick comment when someone brings up the issue of married priests (and it is almost always
Watch Out for Gospel Gunfights
Have you ever been tempted to be a Catholic Wyatt Earp? You know, to be a Catholic gunslinger, a quick draw McGraw of the apologetics scene? Soon after I became a Catholic I would
Women Deacons and The Development of Doctrine
The question of women deacons seems to have been pushed into a kind of Catholic never never land. The pope has said "No" but has done so in a way that sort of kind
Layer Upon Layer of Clericalism
Fr Z has written here about the true clericalism in the church. He points out that traditional Catholics are often accused of clericalism because the clergy dress in their cassocks, like wearing birettas and
Help! My Kids Aren’t Catholic Anymore!
When I'm out leading missions or speaking at a conference, in the meet and greet session afterwards, the most common conversation I have is with middle aged women who say, “Father, what can I
Going Into All the World to Preach the Gospel
I remember once hearing the Bishop of the Arctic preach. He said, "The Lord commanded us to go to 'the uttermost parts of the earth' to preach the gospel, so that's why I went
