Desperate Churchmice
No, the pope is not supporting Occupy Wall Street
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2011
Progressive Catholicism in America bet the farm on Barack Obama, and, as progressive Catholics begin to sense with horror that the administration is a train wreck about to happen, we may yet see even stranger tales told than that of Benedict the Left-Wing Activist.  [Full Story]

The Pope, Chaplain to OWS? Rubbish

Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011
The document on financial reform released today from the lower echelons of the Roman Curia no more aligns "the Vatican," the Pope, or the Catholic Church with Occupy Wall Street than does the Nicene Creed. Those who suggest it does are either grossly ill-informed or tendentious to a point of irresponsibility.  [Full Story]

The Ecumenical Future

Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI's remarks last month (at the former Augustinian priory where Martin Luther studied theology) was a reminder that, when it comes to evangelization, preaching Jesus Christ crucified and the transforming power of personal friendship with the Risen Lord is going to win out, every time, over enticing men and women into a religious trade union or cultural club.  [Full Story]

The Lay Reform of Church and World

Posted: Friday, October 14, 2011
Decadence and democracy can't co-exist indefinitely. Two volumes recently published by Encounter Books—Marcello Pera's Why We Must Call Ourselves Christians and Living the Call by Michael Novak and William Simon—sketch a common way beyond decay.  [Full Story]

9/11, Benedict XVI, and Regensburg

Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
On the fifth anniversary of his Regensburg Lecture, it's worth reviewing what Pope Benedict XVI proposed, not least because the 9/11 anniversary commentary assiduously avoided the question that the Holy Father courageously confronted: the question of what-must-change in Islam in the future, to prevent an ongoing global war of Islam-against-the-rest.  [Full Story]

Tim Tebow and Christophobia

Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
It is unimaginable that any prominent Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Sikh player would be subjected to the vileness that is publicly dumped on Denver Broncos's quaterback, Tim Tebow. Tolerance, that supreme virtue of the culture of radical relativism, does not extend to evangelical Christians, it seems.  [Full Story]

Father Barron’s “Catholicism”

Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Father Robert Barron knows that the Catholic Church is a community of sinners whose infidelities have often marred the face of the Lord. At the same time, Father Barron's new series, Catholicism, displays the innumerable ways that the Catholic Church has been and remains a force for truth, decency, compassion, and sanity in an often-cruel world. It's a must see.  [Full Story]

Russian Orthodoxy and Lenin’s Tomb

Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Self-respect—and respect for its martyrs—ought to compel the Russian Orthodox Church to lead, not oppose or hinder, any move to demythologize Lenin and put an end to his obscene tomb, home to a mummified mass murderer and maniacal persecutor of the Church of Christ.  [Full Story]

Pope Benedict Speaks Truth to Power
The German pope tells his countrymen some home truths.
Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
In his September 22 address to the Bundestag, Benedict spoke some home truths to his countrymen who, like many of their European Union compatriots, have forgotten a great deal about the cultural foundations of the West—foundations that are essential in supporting the political edifice of human rights and the rule of law.  [Full Story]

The Gentlemanly Art of the Insult

Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The vulgarity of our culture has made nearly extinct the once great gentlemanly art of delivering insults fit for polite company.  [Full Story]