Bernie Sanders and the Pope vs. Chris Wiken and the Archbishop

By now most of you know that Bernie Sanders is headed to Vatican City to speak at an event hosted by Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. I am not going to get into the he said/she said/they said conversation around who invited whom or how the whole thing came about….

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Eggs Benedict, the Milwaukee Art Museum : “Je suis Charlie”

Milwaukee area artist Niki Johnson created a portrait of retired Pope Benedict out of colored condoms in response to a less than correct statement he made while in Africa concerning the use of condoms and the spread of AIDS. The portrait created something of a ruckus when it was displayed…

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Twelve Year Olds Aren’t Adults, They Just Aren’t

If you are from southeast Wisconsin, you are probably aware of two twelve year old middle school female students who tried to kill another female classmate by stabbing her 19 times…with the intention of impressing a fictional online character. Waukesha County District Brad Schimel (who coincidently is running for Wisconsin…

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Paul is NOT one of the Apostles

I wrote recently of the USCCB and Archbishop Listecki standing up for the rights of workers in Wisconsin. While many people(including myself) have had criticisms of the Catholic Church(and rightly so), they are at it again and must be(again) commended this time! The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops raising…

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