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Catholic.org runs false headline claiming Francis has issued call to arms in Iraq

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

This headline is dangerously and recklessly false: Pope Francis calls for ARMED RESPONSE to defend Christians from Genocide – Middle East -…No. He has not:Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., said that Pope Francis “urgently calls on the international community to protect all those affected by the violence and to guarantee all necessary assistance – especially…

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A manly anonymous reader gets to the bottom of things

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

A reader from the Party of Personal Responsibility locates the real culprits for the catastrophe in Iraq: “This situation wasn’t caused by George W…. It was caused by Mohammed and the religion he invented; feminism; and John Paul II. Which have turned the men of the West into moral pansies.”I’ll give you Mohammed as the…

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More on Infallibility

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

Under discussion over at the Register.

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Thousands of Iraqi Refugees Rescued

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

Excellent!Keep up the prayers and fasting and kudos to the rescuers! Lather, rinse, repeat for the rest of them.

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Mike Flynn Goes in Psearch of the Psyche

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

…and returns with his customary haul of informative fun.

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Kevin O’Brien…

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

…on how simple friendships show us heaven and hell.

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I’ve always respected Gary Sinise

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

He’s a fine actor and his money-where-his-mouth is dedication to our troops and first responders has always shown he was the real deal.So I’m thrilled to discover that he entered the Church in 2010.  He tells the story here.

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The great thing about civilization…

By Adam Minihan | August 11, 2014

…is that it gives us enough leisure time to invent machines that help us occupy our leisure time:

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We are now entering the “How were we supposed to know?” phase of history in Iraq

By Adam Minihan | August 9, 2014

“Those who decide that all peaceful means that international law makes available are exhausted assume a grave responsibility before God, their conscience and history,” – Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls, March 20, 2003I’m finding it harder and harder to argue against the fact that we need to kill the rabid dog that is ISIS. I can’t stand the…

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Cosmetic bombs and real help

By Adam Minihan | August 9, 2014

I suspect a strong inverse statistical relationship between the “Bomb Iraq!” crowd and those who want to give these refugees the asylum we absolutely *owe* them. The more we want to drop a few bombs–to assuage our conscience that we “did something” before leaving these people to their fate and shrugging “we tried”–the less we…

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Mass Attire

By Adam Minihan | December 13, 2017

This post was written by a guest blogger and Council of Man member, Rich Lamm. You…

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Be a joyful man by The Catholic Man Show

By Adam Minihan | December 13, 2017

On Being a Joyful Man by The Catholic Man Show Want happiness? Eat bacon! But…

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