VATICAN CITY — In a stunning about-face, Pope Francis has not announced that married men can be priests and women can be deacons. Absolutely no one predicted that this would happen, and all the most thoughtful and reflective analysts in the Catholic world are absolutely baffled. “I caca’d myself when I heard,” said Monsignor Domingo … Continue reading “Holy Crapballs: Pope”
The new year means lots of buzz about Exodus 90, “a ninety-day spiritual exercise for men based on three pillars: prayer, asceticism, and fraternity.” It’s a highly regimented program that requires guys to commit to daily holy hours and structured weekly meetings with other enrollees for prayer, accountability, and encouragement. But it’s the ascetic … Continue reading “What’s the deal with Exodus 90? My interview with James Baxter”
Happy new year! If I had stayed on track back in October, I would have hit Vol. 200 of What’s For Supper right on Christmas. Instead, here we are, starting out the new year and new decade with . . . Vol. 197. The good news is, I won’t wake up at 3:45 a.m. feeling … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 197: Latkes! Jelly donuts! Sushi! Oh the sushi! and Calzones.”
I had tons of fun with this interview for FemCatholic, but most importantly, I could not be more delighted with the title they chose for it. Shawarma is so important! And so is FemCatholic, one of the very few organizations that consistently publishes articles that are faithful and honest and interesting. They consistently address topics … Continue reading “Everyone loves shawarma: My interview with FemCatholic”
Fr. Jacob Boddicker, SJ wrote this on Facebook yesterday. I kept reading it over and over. I’m sharing here with his permission. I know a lot of my brothers and sisters are worried and frustrated at things that are happening in the Church recently. But I wanted to tell you that just within the limited … Continue reading “The battles you can actually win”
This was so much fun! Damien and I were guests on the “This Catholic Life” podcast, co-hosted by of Peter Holmes and Renée Köhler-Ryan. Damien opens the show with an incredibly important question you won’t want to miss, and then we go on to discuss all sorts of issues surrounding NFP and sex and love … Continue reading “Damien and I are on “This Catholic Life” with Peter Holmes and Renée Köhler-Ryan”
Hello, I’m a Catholic who hardly ever likes anything, especially popular movies. I’m also Jewish with an established history of calling out antisemitism in the Church. Want to hear what I think about Mel Gilbon’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ? Here, I will focus on two criticisms: Its ultra violence, and its antisemitism; … Continue reading “In defense of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST”
Hey, great, it’s snowing. It’s okay. It’s fine. Here’s what we had this week: SATURDAY Pizza and birthday cake . Poor Elijah. He keeps having his birthday during Lent. Some people put dry peas in their shoes, some subsist on nothing but dewdrops collected off the tombstone of St. Nicholas of Myra. Elijah gets terrible … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 164: Nailed it!”
Abortion is part of a quick-fix culture, said Morgan Korth of We Dignify. A woman finds herself with a scary pregnancy, and the pro-choice world tells her she can solve all her problems by simply getting an abortion. But the pro-life world sometimes looks for a quick fix of its own, explained Korth and her guest … Continue reading “Pro-life spotlight #5: We Dignify mentors pro-life students to lead with charity and humility”
You know what the real thing is about being in your mid-40’s? You can do everything you used to do in your 30’s, but you cannot bounce back. I was in Chicago at the FemCatholic Conference last weekend, and it was completely wonderful. Met Mikayla Dalton, Corita Ten Eyck, Theresa Scott, Leticia Adams, Donna Provencher, … Continue reading “Dreamlike reviews: Hadesdown, The Ghost Keeper, and The Sopranos (again)”
