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Uncle Screwtape on Jesse Watters
Sometime back, Alexandria Ocasio-Corez refused to be a guest on the show hosted by Jesse Watters, Professional Vile Swine, saying he had sexually harassed her.
June 5, 2026
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The Church of Weeds and Wheat
The MAGA antichrist Cult–and the actual Church–summed up in three tweet exchanges. The only thing worse than the arrogant prickery of the Cult that always
June 4, 2026
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President Donald J. McClellan
Before the Battle of Antietam, Union troops found a document dropped by a careless Confederate with Lee’s complete battle plan. They gave it to Union
June 3, 2026
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We’re Hardly Alone in the Universe
One thing I have discovered (to my surprise) is how shocked some folk get when I express my opinion that we humans are never getting off the earth in any serious way. Oh sure, we might get a couple of people to Mars to walk around. Maybe a long-term space
Response to A Guide to the Passion Stuns Even its Authors
Tom Allen, president of CatholicExchange.com, and Matt Pinto, who heads Ascension Press, had a simple idea: write and publish a short book called A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About The Passion of The Christ. The basic premise is to walk through Mel Gibson’s new film (and basic Catholic teaching) scene by
Who Were the Magi?
One of the stranger features of contemporary culture is the oddity of Catholics who call the Magi as witnesses to the validity of astrology, while simultaneously dismissing the story of the Three Wise Men as a fable invented by the biblical writer. It’s an amazing example of our ability to
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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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