Tag: Mark Shea

As an American, I generally try to make it a habit to stay out of the internal affairs of other countries, such as Australia. How...

The second of a three-part series on heresy Last time in this space, we looked at heresy and its modern manifestation, ideology.  We noted that...

Episode #67 - Bad Language Hosts: Peter Holmes & Rian "Box" Galliott Guest: Mark Shea Find It On iTunes - This Catholic Life Podcast Links: Mark's new book...

One of the paradoxes of life in liturgical Churches is the odd popularity of Ash Wednesday.  People who resent the very idea of Holy...

This is Mark's fourth and final in his series on St John the Baptist for Advent 2018. Click here for Part 1. John the Evangelist’s...

'A Sonnet for Christmas', a new poem written by regular contributor Mark Shea for The Catholic Weekly.

This is Part 2 of Mark's series for Advent of St John the Baptist. Click here for Part 1. John the Baptist baptised. That is...

This is part 1 of Mark's series for Advent on St John the Baptist The season of Advent is bound up with the figure of...

On November 22, we Yanks will be celebrating Thanksgiving. It’s not quite an exclusively American feast. Our Canadian neighbours celebrate it too, but in...

Last time, in this space, I talked about the idea of docility to the Church’s teaching, dogmatic or not.  The basic point was simply...