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Recent Posts

Ontario, August 1964

When I was a little boy, we went to visit my Grandparents, Thidder and Eva Collar, in a little hamlet in Ontario called Glen Miller.

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Obsession

Trump has found the perfect masochist partner for his sadism. The more he abuses her, the more cravenly she abases herself and begs for more.

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Dive into the Sheavings

Disgust is Not Enough

Here’s something you don’t read every day. The Middle East Media Research Institute reports the following: Media Uproar Following Egyptian Mufti’s Fatwa on Companions of the Prophet Muhammad Being Blessed by Drinking His Urine An uproar in the Egyptian media followed the recent publication of a book by Egyptian Mufti

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Of Baloney and Beef

It’s easy to get angry at the sheer quantity of baloney in today’s culture. Consider, for instance, the following chatter, drawn at random from recent media babble: Despite some religious accessories, Rose McGowan puts the “ain’t” in “saint” in her latest magazine cover. McGowan, star of Jawbreaker and singer Marilyn Manson’s betrothed,

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Against the Grain

Some people play hardball politics. I play oddball politics. I can’t help it. I’m Catholic. Am conservative or liberal? I am ardently prolife. I oppose artificial contraception. I believe in private property. I think parents have the principle responsibility for the education of their children. I am suspicious of Big

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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 SonThis 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).

I can also be found on Facebook (here and here) and Twitter. If you like my work and want to see more of it, please become one of my supporters on Patreon…..