November 7, 2026
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Lynching is Back
Some facts: From 2000 to 2025: Civil rights groups documented over 70 suspected modern-day lynchings. The rate of these killings is speeding up, which is
November 6, 2026
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I have a MAGA troll
He writes me over and over and over and his comments all go to my trash file where they are deleted. He never has the
November 5, 2026
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“You are idle! You are idle!”
But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens.”
November 4, 2026
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Fisking King David
If David lived today, I have a feeling not a few modern-day Perfecti in the blogosphere would read something like this: Psalm 51For the leader. A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bathsheba. Oh great! Here it comes. A happy-clappy hymn from
The Semi-Permeable Membranes of the Various Protestantisms
One basic rule of thumb to understand in Catholic/Protestant conversations is that it is not the case that Catholics rely on Sacred Tradition and Protestants don’t. Rather, Catholics (and, by this, I mean “educated Catholics speaking out of the Magisterial teaching of the Church”) rely on Sacred Tradition and know
Ten Commandments: The Fourth Commandment
With the Fourth Commandment (“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you” (Exodus 20:12)), we begin to enter into territory that is closer to what we call “natural law”. Basically, the command to honor your father and
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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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