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How Donald Trump Won My Heart, Mind, and Soul
The first intellectual and spiritual misgivings I felt about my failure to support Trump came when he coined the term “Dumocrat”. The realization that “dumb”
Fleeing Reality
The principal effect wealth and power always have is to cocoon the wealthy and powerful from the consequences of their actions. When the wealthy and
Dive into the Sheavings
Walk, Don’t Run
One of my favorite Far Side cartoons shows a white-bearded gentleman with a shock of hair cleft neatly down the center. He is standing, looking in a bathroom mirror with a stern expression on his face and his arms thrust stiffly out to each side in a dramatic gesture. The
Catholics and the “F” Word
One of the difficulties in the increasingly successful rapprochement between the Catholic Church and our separated brethren is that secular culture often muddies and confuses the growing goodwill between these two groups of Christians. To understand how such muddying happens, we need to understand what secular culture has done to
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My Dear Slimemold: I am gratified at your latest report concerning the spectacle of fratricidal malice among the patients who participate in the Christian email list we are monitoring. I see that Pusfang has got one of the hairless bipeds into that delightful state where it can set out 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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