In the words and images to follow, I will recount the story of how Bishop Robert Barron deleted three of my comments that were critical of his recent Word on Fire article. On Wednesday, August 10, 2021, at 3:35 pm, a friend shared with me on my personal Facebook page…

Introduction The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, and Don Quixote have many differences. They are about different topics. These topics range from knights, to biblical stories, to infernal and celestial travels. The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, and Don Quixote are written in different ways, using prose or poetic verse. Nevertheless, I…

“For the liturgy, … most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church” Sacrosanctum Concilium 2, emphasis added. I am seated…

“[An] identification of the oppressor with the oppressed, the openness to interpreting the world from the underside, from the perspective of the victim. This, I would submit, is the Biblical difference…” — Bishop Robert Barron, Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture “I’m not ‘dismissing’ CRT arbitrarily. I’ve…

In my previous post, I attempted to clarify the motivations that animate my recent — and hopefully measured — criticism of Bishop Barron. I tried to make it clear that, while I take issue with his claims and arguments, my concern is not only academic in scope. I am more…

It is well known that Bishop Barron doesn’t like something he refers to as “wokeness” or “CRT” or a variety of other names that describe the same thing, however unclearly. I believe his admonitions demand concrete examples and better arguments to clarify. I think he ought to submit to scrutiny…

In early January, I noted that Ali “Alexander” Akbar, a twice-convicted felon and leader of the now-infamous “Stop the Steal” seditious insurrection, was preparing his next move in advance of the sure-to-fail rally on January 6th by announcing his desire to convert to Catholicism. My note on Twitter sparked outrage…

Introduction The Old Man and the Sea is a tale of fishing, the ocean, a marlin, an old man, and a boy written by Ernest Hemingway in 1951. It is known for being a concisely written story. In this essay, I will present my thoughts on The Old Man and…

“In this statement, we bishops do not intend to tell Catholics for whom or against whom to vote.” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States (emphasis added) “A Catholic organization may not directly…