Standing on My Head

This blog is moving. I'm joining the happy band of pilgrims over at Patheos. The new url is: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmy...

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One of the favorite bats the anti-Catholics like to hit us with is the idea that Catholicism, because it is a dogmatic religion--must ther...

When dogmatic belief dies all that is left is subjectivism, and when subjective belief (which is never more than mere opinion) dies all that...

Guest blogger, The Rev'd Humphrey Blytherington is Vicar of St Hilda's, Little Snoring with All Saints, Great Snoring. He is a gra...

Have you ever noticed how certain characters crop up in story after story? They're called archetypes. You've got the princess, the...

If Therese was a "Little Flower" she was a steel magnolia. Here she is pictured as one of her heroines, St Joan of Arc. She wa...

This article says a group of atheists gathered to 'un-bless' a portion of highway with 'un-holy water.' If they were real...

I've just finished re-reading Walker Percy's The Second Coming. Whew! what a knockout last page! It's the story of Will Barr...

In Lent I repent. I say, "I'm a sinner." I admit I am wrong, not right. I accept that I am flawed, that I am ignorant and arro...

The homosexual marriage debate is raging in England. Damian Thompson-- who is probably one of the world's greatest journalists-- write h...

Got my sermon ready for Sunday already...

Was Fr. Guarnizo thrown under the bus by the Archdiocese of Washington? He makes his statement here , and most importantly, contends that ...

Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God. But Christ has willed that it should work no evil, and has given it all power over good.  ...

At Italian perfumer has produced a perfume especially for the Holy Father. The Daily Telegraph reports here . The expert says it was very di...

Every year during Lent I am asked to conduct a Lenten mission in a parish. On the first night I tell my conversion story. On the second I ...

Watching the news coverage of the Alabama and Mississippi primaries last night it was interesting to note that Santorum got the large share ...

Thomas Peters reports evidenc e that those who are opposed to the WH mandate are winning the argument, and encourages all those with a media...

Has anybody noticed that the style of the cartoons illustrating the 'Time to Quit the Catholic Church' ad in the New York Times...