The Gospels say that Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy and prominent Jew to whom Pilate gave Jesus' body for burial, was a disciple only ...

It is certainly not surprising that the disciples were able to understand the meaning of the Cross only slowly, even after the Resurrection....

If we wish to understand the power of Christ’s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. “Sacrifice a l...

The few. The proud. The seminarians. It's good to know who's training to defend our values. Enjoy. HT to Francis Beckwith .

We all know by now what Senator Barack Obama's spiritual mentor is. Since I have nothing to lose, I'll say it: Jeremiah Wright is a ...

Most literate folk are familiar with the Yin-Yang symbol. I don't want to get into a discussion of what Yin and Yang really are, or are ...

Lately I've noticed a style of moral theologizing in which moral uprightness, understood as external conformity with precepts that can s...

Now that there's been time to reflect, you just gotta love it .

The Transportation Security Administration is supposed to protect air travelers from terrorism. Given the results of various tests since 200...

When I'm feeling more desperate than usual, I like to re-read Jean-Pierre de Caussade's Abandonment to Divine Providence , a spiritu...

"I like to attend meetings of the Catholic Theological Society in order to keep up with the latest trends in liberal Protestantism....

“The cross and resurrection are the eternal dialogue of Father and Son as projected on to the screen of history, what it looks like in histo...

For reasons I won't waste your time speculating about, my mind returns every Palm Sunday to the contrast between the crowd's adulati...

Among Catholics, the loudest school of thought about excommunicating people is the "progressive." The progs find the exercise pres...

Check out this priest's list, now making the rounds. Hilarious. I can't resist offering a sample: "OCTORBITISTS – Note the di...

Think two Democratic cats, and you get the idea: "There once were two cats of Kilkenny Each thought there was one cat too many So the...

HT to Billy Ockham .

With his customary alacrity and grace, Scott Carson has replied to my critique of his critique of the Vatican's use of medical evidence...

I say 'stupider' only a bit tongue-in-cheek because, of course, we're all stupid enough to sin once we're old enough to be c...

This article sums up my view of "the Palestinian problem" right now. Things get nastier all the time. How long, O Lord?