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Pope in US
You can’t visit social media without tripping over news or opinion about Pope Francis visiting the United States right now usually with the hashtag #PopeInUS. I’d say that it was finally drowning out political infighting, but that’s not actually true. … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Mainstream Media, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Catholic Geeks on Facebook
We’ve had a Catholic Geeks Facebook page for a while now, but this post is to let you know that there’s now a Facebook discussion group as well: the Catholic Geek Reader Lounge. If you’re on Facebook, please feel free to … Continue reading
Judge Napolitano’s Odd View of Catholicism
The Catholic Geek network brought to my attention an interview with Andrew Napolitano, a former judge on the New York Superior Court and now a law professor and a commentator for various publications in both print and on television. The former … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, History, News, Rants, Resources, The Church
Tagged Annulment, Capitalism, Communism, Doctrine, Economics, Papal Infallibility, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Strawpope Frank, Traditionalism
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Obama to Francis: Screw You
Dear President Obama, can we talk? Because, I know that you’re a complete and total douchebag. But does that mean you have to be rude as well? Look at this lineup for Obama to meet the Pope next week: a”pro-abortion religious sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News
Tagged Episcopal bishop, Gay Marriage, Obama, Pope Francis, President Obama, White House
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Refuting More NY Times Idiocy on Catholicism
The New York Times, in its continuing quest to print all the news that fits the narrative, has published an opinion piece by one Jill Filipovic title “The Pope’s Unforgiving Message of Forgiveness on Abortion.” In it, Ms. Filipovic tries … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, News, The Church
Tagged Abortion, Scott Eric Alt, The New York Times, Year of Mercy
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Fisking the Post’s Strawpope
Yesterday, the Washington Post published an article on Strawpope Frank. Well, actually, they claim it’s on Pope Francis, but we know how that works now, don’t we? The title of the article is “Conservative Dissent is Brewing Inside the Vatican,” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Cardinal Burke, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank
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Berlanti Updates: Flash, Arrow, Supergirl
There has been a lot of data dumped on the internet in the past week, not that we’re closing in on October — when most of network television comes back for a new season. The Flash, for one, has a … Continue reading
ACLU Forces Catholic Hospital To Sterilize Woman
I’m sure no one, at all, saw this coming. The threat of a lawsuit — not the actual lawsuit, the mere threat — from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has compelled Catholic hospital Mercy Medical Center in San Francisco … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Health, News, The Church
Tagged ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Mercy Medical
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Honor At Stake, Sept 1
And now, for a page from the “self promotion file.” My vampire novel, Honor At Stake, is coming out on September first of this year. It’s the vampire novel with Catholic philosophy and metaphysics, jammed together with every traditional myth about vampires, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, News, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Romance, Writing
Tagged Amanda Colt, Books, Brooklyn, New York, vampire, vampire novel, Vampires
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The Radio Show Hugos AAR and PP
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7858339 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio This week on The Catholic Geek radio show, there were two guests talking about two completely different topics. In the first hour, Tom Knighton and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Science Fiction
Tagged Abortion, Blog Talk Radio, Daniella Bova, Declan Finn, Hugo Awards, Planned Parenthood, Tom Knighton
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SciTech: Printed Prosthetics
Not too long ago, science fiction author John Ringo stated that science was getting ahead of his fiction. He could no longer handwavium away details and move on — he would have learn all the intricate details. These are prosthetic … Continue reading
Hugo Who?
If you’ve been on social media this weekend, you might have seen a kerfuffle over the Hugo Awards, which took place on Saturday. This kerfuffle has been going on for a long time, but it’s getting louder and louder, and … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Science Fiction
Tagged Hugo Awards
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Batman Dies in Car Crash
No, that’s not the next strange DC Comics storyline involving the Caped Crusader. Lenny B. Robinson, who spent his time and money visiting sick children while dressed as Batman, died yesterday in a car accident in Maryland. You might remember … Continue reading
Constantine meets Arrow
This will be awesome. For those people who do not know (or have already forgotten) Constantine was a television variant of the DC Comics Hellblazer, starring one John Constantine, a sarcastic, sardonic, British … dealer in dark arts, more or less. … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, News, Superhero
Tagged Arrow, Constantine, DC, DC Comics, Greg Berlanti, John Constantine, Matt Ryan, NBC
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The Liturgy Wars: More on Sacred Music
Not too long ago, I wrote a post on all the reasons why sacred music done right was so important. There are good reasons why fluff is not right for the Mass, and “fluff” includes guitars, pianos, and anything written … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Archbishop Chaput, Church Teaching, John Romeri, Liturgy, Mass, Music, Orthodoxy
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Warcraft Expansion: Were We Prepared?
At Gamescon 2015 in Cologne, Germany Blizzard Entertainment announced the sixth expansion to World of Warcraft, and it is… well… see for yourself…
Final Fantasy XV’s Newest Trailer
Okay . . . I have to admit it. I’m impressed. I am still wary of this new installment, given what they did to XI, XII, XIII–all three installments; don’t get me started–and XIV. But, wow. This trailer alone makes … Continue reading
Blizzard Announces That They are Going to Announce Something
Blizzard Entertainment has just teased that they will reveal the title for the next World of Warcraft expansion on August 6th at Gamescon 2015. Is it surprising that they want to move away from the mess that is the current … Continue reading
Posted in Gaming, News, Video Games
Tagged Blizzard Entertainment, BlizzCon, Gamescon, Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft
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Detroit Goes to the Devil
The following is a preview of the opening monologue for this upcoming episode of The Catholic Geek Radio Show. Let’s start with the Satanic Temple unveiling its statue of Baphomet in Detroit. Yes. This happened. Not only did it happen, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News, Rants
Tagged Satanic Temple, Satanism, Separation of Church and State
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Pope In DC: Bitchsmacks Obama
While the media drools over everything that the Pope says, either with THE POPE’S A DIRTY COMMIE, or THE POPE IS A GREAT COMMIE! Let’s look at some of what the Pope is actually doing, because I’m tired of this … Continue reading →