A Religion of Peace?
Islam teaches an ingrained hatred of Christianity as a cornerstone of its very theological structure -- something unique among the world's religions.
Pope Francis: Put-Down Artist?
Pope Francis's language of mercy and compassion has been directed toward "outsiders." To those inside the sheepfold,
he's struck a different tone.
Last Month's Letters
Enough with the "Nice Guy" Routine... The Courage to Criticize... Complete Submission & a Docile Mind... Real Love
for Manifest Sinners... and more
Those Hurtful Ads!
Those NOR ads are presumably supposed to be satirical, but they're
actually insensitive, judgmental, mean-spirited and hurtful....
Literature Matters
Through the ages, great ideas have frequently found their
expression in great works of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
News You May Have Missed
A Vatican condom factory... Homosexual weapons research... Drive-through
brothels... Voluntary human extinction... Are you serious?
Biotechnology & Posthumanism
Technology may finally make us so unhappy we will begin to effectively
criticize its consequences with the whole human good in mind.
The Trendy Atheists
Richard Dawkins and his ilk view Catholics as deluded faith-heads
whose minds have been taken over by irrational superstitions.
Pope Francis
Despite any attempts at reading the tea leaves of Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s
past life, it's far from clear how he is going to handle becoming Pope Francis.
Same-Sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage was the invention of the Emperor Nero, who had
at least three such nuptials, one in which he played the bride.
The Problem of Evil
The Church is clear-eyed about the devil's existence and demands
that we neither minimize nor exaggerate the danger he presents
to our salvation.
New Age & Gnosticism
There's far more to this movement than the self-indulgent silliness
of astrology, crystals, weird workshops, and the accompanying
psychobabble.
Catholic Social Teaching
The same papal statements that criticize socialism also criticize
capitalism, and for the same basic reason.
