Fr. Peter Totleben, O.P.

Mike will vociferously deny that he is a magisterial positivist, but here is the proof. His wrong theory of Magisterium doesn't exalt the papacy, because it means that we don't accept the Pope's teachings because they are true, but because they are the policy currently in force.

Perhaps a hot take: group recitation of the rosary is often not conducive to prayer and meditation on the mysteries, and it is better done as an individual devotion.

I asked ChatGPT to give me the breakdown of a medium cane sugar coke, a cheeseburger, and a medium serving of beef tallow fries at Steak and Shake Apparently this is MAHA now!

I suspect you could spend an entire career chasing the high of being 10 years old.

You know, if Catholics *did* consider Mary divine or equal to God, all the reasons we actually honor her would vanish. We honor her because she's a woman of faith, the Mother of the Word *in his humanity*, first disciple, etc. She wouldn't be any of those if she were divine.

When Pope Francis said that he wanted a poorer church, somehow I don't think this is what he had in mind.

It isn't remarked on enough, how just recklessly irresponsible it is to spend probably $1m all told that I'm sure the Diocese can't really afford, just to inconvenience one's ideological opponents. Will look great next time to Diocese is crying poor trying to stiff abuse victims

While I'm on it, a pet peeve: Can we just admit that cutting disability benefits to people who get a part-time job is insane and about the most perverse incentive imaginable.