Eric Scheske

October continues its retinue of great saints. Sunday is new saint St. John XXIII, who was perhaps the funniest guy to occupy the Chair of St. Peter. Wednesday belongs to the little-known St. Callistus, but Thursday is a huge feast day: St. Teresa Avila, the beautiful sixteenth century nun

> Chesterton Casts a Spell on Tolkien (essay by Joseph Pearce) http://t.co/6UwHBUe8Ad > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) October 11, 2015 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/653004656503824384]

From the Notebooks A truism worth remembering the next time the Washington Party beats the war drum. Oh wait, nevermind. It's been beating the war drum for a hundred years now, which speaks volume about our level of contentedness: "The silence of historians is the surest record

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will visit Mexico next year. Now that he's met all the Catholics in America, he wants to see where they're from.

Bieber had the word "Purpose" tattooed over his bellybutton, which of all the parts of the human body has the least purpose of all. "Purpose" is reportedly the title of his next album. He has "Believe" on his forearm, an earlier album. Good news,

A controversial 1,200-year-old document has been found that shows evidence that Jesus was married. I don't believe it. What married guy gets to spend all his free time with his 12 buddies? Bud Light has created a new device that alerts you when the beer

Fr. Stinessen explains the psychological underpinning of every American Idol contestant . . . and why they're so grossly misdirected: "Every person comes into the world with a dream of doing something great with his life, something that will make an imprint and bear fruit. God himself inspires this dream.

Miscellaneous Rambling Fr. James Schall offers his insights into the Pope's visit last week [http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/4225/is_it_good_for_the_pope_to_be_a_star_reflections_on_the_papal_visit.aspx] . Schall is clearly leary of Pope Francis, including his naivety in economic