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Phil: Can bombing Iran satisfy just-war criteria? Leila: Democratic Socialism is not an expression of Catholic Social Teaching

The importance of the 3% resistance; conscience; the bishops on immigration; and more!

The LA riots; the FACE Repeal and Protect Children’s Innocence Acts; Planet Narnia

Everyone is against eugenics; no one will cut its lifeline

What Pride Month vs. the Sacred Heart really means; signs of hope in the Church' and more!

My open tabs: No, it's not Pride Month; Covid shots in the time of MAHA; Ad Orientem worship isn't what you might think it is

Harvard vs. America; Bishop Martin's plan to shut down the faithful's voices; and more!

Interview with Robert Royal on his new book, "Martyrs of the New Millennium"; Mother on life support to save her baby; Joe Biden's cancer; and more!

Pope Leo; the academic origin of crazy ideas; and more!

My open tabs

"Mental Load" and that old feminist trope; Washington State law aims at Catholics; the abortion pill again; Vatican finances; and much more!

Phil and Leila delve into details of the conclave and the Cardinals; a new study on the abortion pill's dangers

The death of the pope: What to expect this week; the Eye of Sauron turns on homeschooling; and more!

The new Pope's #1 priority

The propaganda of eugenics; the Eucharist as a historical event; books we're reading, and more!

The two swords of a peaceful and just society; Reps. Petterson and Luna embarrass women everywhere; Andrew Jackson, and more!

Excellence? How about Tradition!

Entertainment pushes destructive ideology; Catholic Charities vs. Wisconsin; The best way to handle a Black Mass according to experts (us); and more!

The Supreme Court needs to settle the judicial activism crisis; We were duped by "quality time"; Delightful: Prayers from the Ark & The Creature's’ Choir

My Open Tabs

Is measles panic using the same playbook as the coronavirus? How much synodality can we take? And various doings at our house

"Life's Center of Gravity"

Just War Theory; NIH Nominee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya promises a huge pro-life win; A book from our shelves: The Core Curriculum

Euthanasia and IVF share death-dealing control issues; why embryo "adoption" is not a good idea; the shocking truth about bishops, money, and Church demographics -- and more!

More on the bishops' idea of Eucharistic Revival

Who is running Catholic dioceses? What the IVF Executive Order on IVF actually says; What we're reading!

Vatican II Chronicles: A couple of musings

Mail-order abortion under pressure from RFK Jr.; J. D. Vance in Europe; Trump's IVF betrayal

Pope Francis's letter to the US bishops; What's the thinking behind Leila's School for Housewives; Laura Ingalls Wilder, blogger

Vaccine questions, claims, and resources

A round-up of current events: Gaza, USAID, Tariffs, RFK Jr.; Feminism's awful roots; Ordo Amoris

If the US bishops fight Trump on immigration, they’re bound to lose for this one important reason, and... A reader asks, what was going on before Vatican II?

President Trump's Excellent Executive Order

Pro-life: RFK Jr. for HHS

The Novus Ordo Rite of Penance finds us awkwardly uncertain

What Should the National Prayer Service Be Like? (Hint: it should involve prayer); Biden, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Phyllis Schlafly, American Hero; and more!

The mysteries of Epiphany-tide; Mark Zuckerberg, an enemy of the common good; The sweetness of All Creatures Great and Small

The Bulverism of Pope Francis

January 6th, lots of things to note; Cardinal McElroy; Mark Zuckerberg, and more!

The new altar of Notre Dame Cathedral

Keeping Christmas until Candlemas and more Q & A's

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