John Paul II, he who barring the intervention of the Almighty (which would not surprise…
Month: October 2013
Courting the man in the middle
Ross Douthat, writing in a recent NY Times editorial, said that the story of religion…
Signs of the times
Vacationing last week in the South Carolina Low Country, I noticed these unusual road signs…
A new genre of papal speech
From John Allen: While stressing the basic “trustworthiness” of a recent blockbuster interview with Pope…
Blessed are we!
With so many faithful Catholics feeling discouraged, I think we need to take a small…
Fairytale Fever
In the aftermath of yesterday’s blog post, it has become evident that Fairytale Fever has…
Game on
Having absorbed the bitter reality of yet another revealing papal interview, one that somehow managed…
Preliminary thoughts on the Scalfari interview
Reading the pope’s comments in his interview with Eugenio Scalfari is enough to make a…
Here we go again
Apparently, Pope Francis left some important things unsaid in his exchange with the atheist founder…
How much longer, O’ Lord?
According to Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Monday morning held the Public Ordinary Consistory for…