John M. Grondelski

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  • Sep 2, 2025
    In the wake of the murder of children during Mass in a Minneapolis church, various politicians excoriated people who expressed sympathy by sending “thoughts and prayers.”...
  • Jul 21, 2025
    On July 21, 1925, a Tennessee jury convicted John Scopes of teaching evolution. The “Scopes Monkey Trial” has gone down in American history as the caricature of the fight...
  • Jun 24, 2025
    Current Eucharistic debates cannot be reduced to allowing or not allowing the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. If that was the issue rather than just a symptom, a...
  • Apr 16, 2025
    Our Lenten journey through the saints in the Confiteor ends this week. After asking the intercession of Our Lady, St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, and Ss. Peter and Paul,...
  • Mar 28, 2025
    But why did blue laws exist? In Protestant lands, it was to “observe the Sabbath” and “get thee to church.” But Catholic lands had blue laws, too, to...
  • Feb 3, 2025
    Despite all the jabbering about “diversity” and “inclusivity” in the Church and world, Catholics in the United States (and especially Catholic...