Archbishop Welby and Pope Francis My friend Edward Pentin reports here on some events in Rome this week celebrating fifty years of Anglican-Roman Catholic ecumenical talks. Far be it from me to rain on anyone's parade, but the fifty years of ecumenical talks have been a resounding disappointment. I'm sure it must be a very [...]
Embed from Getty Images Last night's VP debate was interesting from a religious point of view because it pitted a departed Catholic against a dissident Catholic. In doing some demographic studies of the church recently I came across the statistics I already knew--that former Catholics are one of the largest religious groupings in the USA. We [...]
An interesting study reported in London's left-leaning The Guardian here has upheld a clear link between the hormonal birth control pill and depression. A newly published study from the University of Copenhagen has confirmed a link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. The largest of its kind, with one million Danish women between the ages of 15 and 34 tracked for a total [...]
In today's news a group concerned with hate crime on campus reports that one of the complaints they had was from someone who objected to a crucifix because it was "a symbol of oppression and hate of the LBGT+ community" This article reports how the University of Wisconsin/La Crosse have a "bias/hate" reporting system through which [...]
I've been pondering the Trump phenomenon and it is truly incredible to watch. His performance in last night's debate was pretty awful, but that will not matter in the least, and he knows it. He is rising to power, and I predict that he will continue to do so no matter what he does. This is [...]
Why go to confession? Because the fast way to hell might be through a big, nasty, dirty and shocking mortal sin (with sudden death soon to follow) but the slow way is to take the "broad way that leads to destruction." The road to hell is shoulder to shoulder with nice people who never do anything [...]
William Tapley - The Third Eagle of the Apocalypse and Co-Prophet of the End Times You have to admit, the Catholic Church, being universal truly includes everyone. We have our saints. We have our sinners, and like every family, we have our crazy uncles. While millions of Catholics rejoice at the canonization of Mother [...]
What if the left wing secular atheists attacked Pope Francis the way they do Mother Teresa? I expect it would read something like this: Can you believe what this so called "saintly pope" did yesterday? He gave 1500 homeless people a pizza party. That is sooo condescending? He's able to live an a Renaissance palace if he [...]
There’s some fuzzy thinking among Catholics on the issue of abortion and war. The argument goes like this: “Vote Democrat and innocent babies get killed through abortion. Vote Republican and innocent people get killed in an unjust war. Since you’re going to end up with killing either way, let’s ignore those issues and focus on the [...]
It doesn't seem possible that I have been blogging for ten years, but it's true. I started Standing on My Head in September 2006. For the last six months I have been blogging less and less and I have been wondering why. One of the reason is that I have simply run out of steam, but [...]