Homepage

Every time you meet somebody afflicted by a confusion between the sanctity of the priestly office and the sanctity of the person who holds it; or a conviction that the priesthood is all about power, not love and service; or the notion that the only true forum for our gifts

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

My pal Dave is a convert like me. When he first began looking at the Church he often had conversations with confident, relaxed, and well-meaning lay Catholics who would assure him that this and that “went out with Vatican II”. “How about those doily thingamabobs on women’s heads?” he’d ask.