The Dog that Caught the Car
I think the prolife movement is the dog that caught the car. For 40 years, it has been absolutely fixated on one goal: destroying Roe.
May 19, 2022
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Faithlessness and Irrationality
One of the surprising things that MAGA antichrist religion is demonstrating to the world is that science, no less than religious traditions, depends on faith
May 18, 2022
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Faith and Reason
It used to be that Christians saw no conflict between Faith and Reason. C.S. Lewis, in THE DISCARDED IMAGE, remarks that if there is any
May 17, 2022
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For Those Who Think in Terms of Missiondom, the Glass is Way More Than Half Full
Last week, I mentioned Sherry Weddell’s contention that Catholics need to face the fact that we live in Missiondom, not Christendom, and that we need
May 16, 2022
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A Christian Approach to Purity
Last week, we looked at the Pharisaic approach to purity and contrasted it with Jesus’ approach. As we noted, it is easy to turn the Pharisees into cartoon villains and not see them as human beings who made… pretty much the same mistakes many of us make today. They saw
Letting Our Loves Meet: Ecumenism for Us Plain Old Laypeople
I run into lots of Catholics who feel bad about the divided state of Christendom yet also feel powerless to do anything about it. “After all, this is the 20th Century. Don’t most Protestants know what we believe already?” they say. “So why should I talk about my faith with
Hail Mary: Full of Grace
At the time Gabriel appeared to Mary, there was an emperor who ruled the known world. His name was Augustus Caesar. A common greeting among citizens of the empire at that time was “Hail Caesar!” Caesar, while originally a proper name, had already begun to morph into a title (a
About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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