I don’t usually like to comment on things unless I have time to write an exhaustive, thorough, well thought out treatment of the topic (which is a terrible quality in a blogger, but not a bad one in a thoughtful person, I suppose). But I can’t help but comment on one of the responses IContinue reading >>
To want something other than vengeance
This morning Boston awoke to read something extraordinary, yet somehow not unexpected, from one of the families most impacted by the horror of the Boston Marathon bombings. They want federal prosecutors to take the death penalty off the table in the penalty phase of the recently-convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Why was this not unexpected? Because Bostonians inContinue reading >>
5 things you should know about the Crusades (and history in general)
I’m not an expert on the Crusades, but that’s mostly out of spite. Even before I became a Church History teacher, I learned that there were people who, upon finding out I was Catholic, wanted to interrogate and perhaps indict me for the Crusades. Once I joined the ranks of professional religious educators such curiosityContinue reading >>
A change in tone for Super Bowl ads, and why I’m still not buying it
I suppose I should be happier about what took over the television last night. First, I’m from New England, and though I have never been a huge NFL aficionado, I root for the Patriots and am pleased that they won. So let’s get that out of the way. And like many a good New EnglandContinue reading >>
Six reactions to Cardinal Burke’s “man-crisis” interview
A few days ago a website with the title “New eMANgelization” published an interview with Cardinal Burke that touched on what they call a “man-crisis” in the Church. After reading a number of summaries and critiques of the interview, I couldn’t get some of its themes out of my head and decided to read theContinue reading >>
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