Thomas Mirus

The old line was "not to show mercy is to lock the abuser into a social death; it is to re-establish a form of death penalty." Even the archbishop who rightly protests the appointment says "we must also look after the priest's future". But, nb, sometimes the way to look after…

I am deeply saddened by the news of Jane’s death. I never met her, but she was a boisterous, provocative, funny online penpal, and, most importantly, a poet of rare lyric grace. It was an honor to publish the poem below earlier this summer.

The Church teaches that celibacy is higher - better - superior - more preferable - than marriage. We should embrace this truth rather than getting offended. Article below!

Probably the most hilarious error floating around about NFP is that it is "Modernist." That misunderstands what Modernism is but also shows a complete unawareness of the fact that the main consultant for the positive 1880 Roman intervention on NFP was a ghostwriter for Pascendi.

90% of people retweeting this feel the need to mentally prepare themselves to watch a comedy from the early 2000s

The way NFP is often presented in marriage prep unwittingly encourages sexual excess and stifles married couples' growth in holiness. I interview moral theologian @EamonnClark about his groundbreaking study of ethical issues related to NFP - the first serious book on this topic…

Introduction to Catholic poet Franz Wright Clip w/ Ryan Wilson below

Feels like nine times out of ten the kind of people who say this won’t actually accept being made uncomfortable themselves outside very narrow boundaries, but rather enjoy feeling like the art is making someone they hate uncomfortable