What does the Pope really think about gays?
It turns out Francis is Catholic after all
Catholicism
Tuesday
Friday
Why does Cardinal Wuerl deserve a $2 million payout?
Wuerl resigned in 2018 after a ‘lapse of memory’ about his predecessor’s sexual activities
Friday
Divine right
Trump may have lost the election but is he the new Messiah?
Thursday
Ralph Northam insults churchgoers in latest COVID speech
‘Is it the worship or the building?’
Monday
The high cost of Beijing’s demands for uniformity
The CCP hopes that if it can control a people’s language, it can control how they think
Tuesday
Joe Biden’s shaky songsheet
The hymn Biden quoted on Saturday — a bastardization of Psalm 91 — rather misses the point
Sunday
The crucial Supreme Court case defending Catholic foster care services
Fulton v. Philadelphia is a crucial case for religious liberty in America
Saturday
The Pope really doesn’t like Republicans
Ever since Francis started lobbing missiles at doctrinal conservatives, the latter have been asking ‘is the Pope Catholic?’
Saturday
Confessions of the Secret Suburban Trump moms: Ohio
‘Living where I live, I’ve learned to keep my views to myself and focus on my kids’
Monday
Godforsaken: religion is vanishing from American politics
The country is undergoing a Great Unraveling
Friday
The new crusaders
Churches have become a target for the young and angry
Monday
Who’s afraid of Amy Coney Barrett?
Her views on the Constitution really shouldn’t scare the horses
Friday
Cardinal virtues
The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates by Edward Pentin reviewed
Wednesday
Kimberly Guilfoyle: devout Catholic?
The former Fox News host makes her case for Catholics supporting Trump
Monday
The woke war on religion
A disturbing trend of attacking religious sites reveals a new intolerance
Tuesday
The next pope: are we facing the nightmare of a Parolin pontificate?
Vatican officials are anxious to get their hands on an advance copy of The Next Pope, a survey of 19 leading contenders to succeed Pope Francis scheduled for publication next month. The author, Edward Pentin, discusses these papabile cardinals in today’s episode of Holy Smoke. The full list is still under wraps, but inevitably we … Read more
Wednesday
Black mass: the Georgetown Lecture Fund’s odd diversity campaign
The Jesuit college’s students are play-acting as ‘non-partisan’ celebrators of speech
Friday
Giving up Twitter for Lent went well
If I’m honest with myself, Twitter is the most hardcore addiction I have and it’s also the one that robs me of the most productivity
Monday
The joy of spending Christmas alone
I learned it’s frowned upon to say things like Christmas carols make me want to blow my brains out
Saturday
The comfortable demise of Theodore McCarrick
No other Catholic layman, however devout or virtuous, would be afforded such a happy retirement
