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Between the Skeptic and the Fundamentalist

By Adam Minihan | September 15, 2014

Yr. Obdt Svt navigates the riptides between the two most popular forms of fundamentalism in American culture.

“Born This Way” only applies to them

By Adam Minihan | September 15, 2014

Narcissists seeking to accessorize are displeased with defective product: demand it be killed.On the bright side, the surrogate mother refused to do so.

Not-at-All-Cliched Reporting from TIME

By Adam Minihan | September 15, 2014

…on the alleged Great Nunquisition, in which the Vatican is supposedly “cracking down” on the loopy nuns who are supposedly the future of FutureChurch.I wish I had a nickel for every time the MSM reported that the Vatican was Cracking Down on something or someone.I would love to see Get Religion do a symposium on Vatican…

O the Confusion This Pope Sows!!!

By Adam Minihan | September 15, 2014

Why does this pope say that the unborn want to persecute us, calumniate us, set traps for us, take us to court, and kill us?  I’m sooooo confused!

Help the Stork Bus Challenge!

By Adam Minihan | September 15, 2014

Reader Rae Stabosz writes:Dear Catholic Blogosphere, “For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light,“ Luke 16:8. My name is Rae Stabosz. Some of you know me. Most of you don’t. I would like to interrupt your kitten videos, your reddit snark and your all-purpose interwebs fun and…

Dear Scotland: In Your Heart, You Know He’s Right

By Adam Minihan | September 13, 2014

Prayer Requests

By Adam Minihan | September 13, 2014

When it rains it pours. A dear friend of our family is dying. Please pray for her.Also, we woke to phone call that Jan’s nephew was found unconscious last night and rushed to Harborview. He is semiconscious now and able to answer yes/no questions, but we still don’t know what happened.Poor Jan is really hurting…

Manly Catholic Reads: Joseph’s Way

By Adam Minihan | September 13, 2014

“Often a father believes that being married and having children hinders him, if it does not altogether disqualify him, from achieving great sanctity.” To dispel this incorrect notion, Devin Schadt, in his book, Joseph’s Way, the Call to Fatherly Greatness, lays out practical ways for fathers to become saints within the day-to-day life of the…

WWI Then and Now

By Adam Minihan | September 13, 2014

A really stunning collection of photos that show scenes from WWI and what those places look like today. Here’s 1914-1917 and 1917-1918.WWI was the first act of a massive two act drama of civilizational suicide by a formerly Christian culture. WWII was the second act. Post-Christian Europe is a culture that has never really gotten…

Eye of the Tiber Kills Me

By Adam Minihan | September 13, 2014

St. Patrick’s Day Drunks And Gluttons Afraid Inclusion Of Gay Group At Parade Will Make Mockery Of Feast Day