Common Sense Catholicism

I'll be on leave from Common Sense Catholicism for the next two to three weeks.  The reason why is that this Saturday, I will be celebr...

Anyone who thought Francis was going to repeal Summorum Pontificium was a fool.   It was a reasonable document, and while the Pope might the...

Have you heard about how America is an evil nation, opposed to God, and destined to be judged?  Or how about how rotten the majority of the ...

Sometimes while bored, I like to sit back and reflect upon what used to pass for discourse on matters surrounding traditionalism.  Heck, it...

One of the things I have always loved about Catholicism is her rich social teaching.  I also find it is this same social teaching that allow...

When people are asked what one of the greatest teachings of the Second Vatican Council is, we are told that the universal call to holiness ...

Do your best to attend this. If you don't live in Michigan, consider praying for everyone involved in this, as well as for +Paul Schul...

After what seems like a billion columns on the sacrament of confession, wrote the last one today.  (At least for now!)  There was some thing...

In a previous essay , I introduced a point that some found surprising:  When trying to understand Blessed John Paul II's Man and Woman H...

Whenever the issue of the ends of marriage is discussed, the issue will normally be defined in the following way, no matter who you talk to....