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Before the Battle of Antietam, Union troops found a document dropped by a careless Confederate with Lee’s complete battle plan. They gave it to Union
June 3, 2026
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Where Peter Is on the Duplicity of Reactionary Catholics in the SSPX
The SSPX speaks in two voices. To Rome: filial submission and talk of serving the Church. To its own: the pope is a drunken father,
June 2, 2026
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Trump is in a race between his reliance on the military and his contempt for them
You wonder how the sadists in the MAGA “Prolife” Cult, who revel in cruelty and self-pity, can rationalize to themselves a black-hearted sin like this.
June 1, 2026
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What Has Jesus Changed?
Recently, a reader wrote me to say, “I have Jewish friends who ask, ‘How can Jesus be the New Adam and the Messiah when it is painfully clear that everyone is still suffering from Original Sin? How can he have conquered death when the penalty for Adam’s sin—death—is still being
Compensating Cowards
It’s not that our Chattering Classes have no actual opportunities for courage. It’s that they assiduously avoid them wherever possible (after all, you could get hurt!). Case in point, dig this “No, I’m not making this up” blurb for atheist Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation: “I can’t sign my
Cursed are the Peacemakers
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI asked Muslim leaders to do something that many in the West have been clamoring for Muslim leaders to do: make it very publicly clear that the kind of violence so prominent in the Islamic world is to be condemned and repudiated. One person to respond to
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About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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