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White Gloves and Methodism

2015-02-12T17:37:14-06:00

If the attached picture were given a title it might be  "Civilization." Ladies in white gloves and gentlemen ( GENTLEMEN!) coming out of church .... that's what people used to do ,before football took over, on Sunday morning. While I am Catholic , my sainted mother was a Methodist and I will be forever grateful for the [...]

White Gloves and Methodism2015-02-12T17:37:14-06:00

Selective Reading List for Catholic Inquirers

2015-01-28T01:09:23-06:00

A wise and scholarly friend recently drafted a superb list of books for use in responding to individuals who have expressed an interest in Catholicism. Included are Catholic classics of old ....Apologia Pro Vita Sua.....and excellent works of more recent vintage.....'Literary Converts' by Joseph Pearce.We encourage readers to add their own favorites to this excellent but [...]

Selective Reading List for Catholic Inquirers2015-01-28T01:09:23-06:00

Africa’s Catholic moment

2015-01-07T22:50:37-06:00

Why do we have a hard time accepting that the poor are more likely to accept  Christianity ( and remain faithful) than the rich, the beautiful , the self satisfied . This thought is nothing if not well documented in the New Testament and verified by history. Ireland was poor but Catholic ; Ireland is rich [...]

Africa’s Catholic moment2015-01-07T22:50:37-06:00

The Radical Catholic: An Interview with Cardinal Burke

2014-12-22T03:48:52-06:00

What to make of Cardinal Burke's steady opposition.....I do not think that too strong a word to use.....to the vector of Catholic belief and/or action being set by Francis? The good cardinal refers to having grown up in " a very beautiful time in the Church." If those days were beautiful than the present time is not [...]

The Radical Catholic: An Interview with Cardinal Burke2014-12-22T03:48:52-06:00

A Nod To Distributism

2014-12-17T17:48:46-06:00

Does Small Is Beautiful still work? Luke Johnson believes so ....and probably anyone who has had to interact with a "call center" or a government office (can you say Health Care) this Advent season does also. Modern life has become madness. Mr. Johnson ,in a recent issue of the Financial Times , suspects there is a [...]

A Nod To Distributism2014-12-17T17:48:46-06:00

The Wheels Are Coming Off the Sexual Revolution

2014-12-07T19:57:31-06:00

I don't know why but ....in the public sphere .....it often happens that an issue suddenly reaches "escape velocity."  Everyone is now talking about the unfortunate results deriving from the much ballyhooed sexual revolution . Such revolution has now reached middle age having been floating around since the Age of Aquarius , roughly 50 years ago. [...]

The Wheels Are Coming Off the Sexual Revolution2014-12-07T19:57:31-06:00

What ‘America’s Ratzinger’ would like to ask Pope Francis

2014-11-25T01:16:16-06:00

I've always found Cardinal George very bright and.....and in comparison to most American bishops .....orthodox ( if not firm). In the accompanying interview , it is difficult to tell precisely what he is doing but it would appear to be a veiled criticism of Francis. Who among us has not wondered what in the world Francis [...]

What ‘America’s Ratzinger’ would like to ask Pope Francis2014-11-25T01:16:16-06:00

In These Dark Days, the Church Needs Her Men

2014-11-11T22:11:25-06:00

Msgr Charles Pope has written a superb article entitled " In These Dark Days , The Church Needs Her Men To Be Men." If I could wave a magic wand and pick one thing that ( I think) would benefit our society the most it is this: That men go back to being men and women [...]

In These Dark Days, the Church Needs Her Men2014-11-11T22:11:25-06:00

Sausage-Making at the Synod

2014-10-17T01:08:32-05:00

It has been described as the most embarrassing document in the history of the Catholic Church. We refer to the ....words fail....disastrous , tragicomic "Relatio" released by Francis' synod. Three interpretations present themselves: a) by the modernists - the liberal view of things has triumphed . Get on board or be left behind by HISTORY. Homosexual [...]

Sausage-Making at the Synod2014-10-17T01:08:32-05:00

Four Ways G. K. Chesterton Engaged His Culture and Why He Still Matters Today

2014-10-14T21:18:33-05:00

A big question presently on the floor is how Christians should or could engage the modern culture which has become wrong headed, vulgar and virulently if subtly anti Christian. The Christian roots of western civilization have pretty much rotted away. An Evangelical friend , upon returning from Sweden once said to me that over  there .....should [...]

Four Ways G. K. Chesterton Engaged His Culture and Why He Still Matters Today2014-10-14T21:18:33-05:00
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