POPE BENEDICT XVI Archives

March 31, 2013

FROM THE ARCHIVES: PLENTY OF TIME:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:30 AM

March 2, 2013

WHITHER THE BEAR?:

Posted by orrinj at 12:22 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 22, 2013

THE AMERICAN POPE:

Posted by orrinj at 5:22 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 16, 2013

THE REFORMATION ROLLS ON:

Posted by orrinj at 8:15 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

February 11, 2013

DEMOCRATIZING THE ABSOLUTE:

Posted by orrinj at 2:00 PM | Comments (Old System 0)

August 19, 2011

MITRES VS HOODIES:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:49 AM | Comments (Old System 0)

May 15, 2011

AND THE CROSS MADE hIM LOVEABLE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:33 AM

May 11, 2011

WE ARE ALL DESIGNISTS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:32 AM

December 31, 2010

IS IT REALLY PARANOIA...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM

December 5, 2010

PUTTING THE CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN::

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:23 AM

November 30, 2010

WHO BETTER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCELOROSIS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:11 AM

November 21, 2010

SOMEBODY'S BEEN NIPPING AT THE SACRAMENTAL WINE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:12 AM

November 5, 2010

SEEN AND LIVED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:28 AM

November 4, 2010

WHO COULD EVER BE IN LESS OF A HURRY THAN A POPE?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:32 AM

August 14, 2010

HOW GROWN-UPS BEHAVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:21 PM

May 24, 2010

WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS, DAVID CAMERON?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:36 PM

May 5, 2010

AND YOU THOUGHT THE ELECTIONS WERE THE BRITISH LEFT'S BIGGEST LOSS TODAY?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:29 PM

April 17, 2010

AGENT OF CHANGE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:11 PM

February 22, 2010

BUT GOD'S TEACHABLE MOMENT CAME LATER...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:43 PM

January 24, 2010

WHAT HAVE THE FACTS TO DO WITH CHRISTOPHOBIA?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:23 AM

January 21, 2010

TOOK THE TOCQUEVILLIAN POPE TO PUT PAID TO THEM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:37 PM

December 13, 2009

THE SWORD OF THE FISHERMAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:22 AM

October 26, 2009

THE TWO-FRONT WAR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:20 AM

October 20, 2009

IT WAS A NICE IDEA, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:11 PM

October 4, 2009

COME BACK, ALBION, ALL IS FORGIVEN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:32 AM

September 23, 2009

ALEXIS DE RATZINGER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:58 AM

May 31, 2009

THE INCORRECTER THE BETTER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:52 PM

May 4, 2009

HEART OF THE PAPACY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:39 AM

March 29, 2009

WHERE ART THOU?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:54 PM

February 23, 2009

FIGURES THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE WOULD PICK A BASEBALL FAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:59 PM

February 13, 2009

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:43 AM

February 9, 2009

A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR BOTH SIDES:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:42 PM

January 26, 2009

AND HAD BENEDICT BEEN POPE AT THE TIME...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:58 PM

January 3, 2009

SO EXACTLY WHERE IS THE U.R. GOING TO "REPAIR" OUR RELATIONS ABROAD?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:51 AM

December 22, 2008

MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO STOP MAKING THEM PRIESTS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:06 PM

December 1, 2008

THOSE WHO ARE TERRIFIED OF FREEDOM SEEK TO IMPOSE ORDER VIA TERROR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:36 AM

September 19, 2008

THE VATICAN IS NO PLACE FOR REALISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:21 AM

September 16, 2008

CULTIVATING THE MUSTARD SEED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:35 AM

August 11, 2008

ALL ABOUT AESTHETICS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:14 AM

June 16, 2008

CRUSADERS IN CHIEF:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:07 AM

May 17, 2008

THE AMERICAN POPE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:24 AM

May 3, 2008

NOW THERE'S A MERCY KILLING WE CAN GET BEHIND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:42 PM

April 20, 2008

THE FREEDOM TO ACT OUT FAITH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:21 AM

April 19, 2008

THE POPE AND THE UN BOTH...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:46 PM

April 18, 2008

THE POPE'S CURIOUS TASK...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:22 AM

UNIVERSAL CHURCHMAN IN THE UNIVERSALIST COUNTRY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:16 AM

April 16, 2008

THE POPE IS NEVER MORE AT HOME THAN IN THE PURITAN NATION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:56 PM

AND THE DEMOCRATS THINK THEY CAN LURE CATHOLICS...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:32 AM

April 14, 2008

MELANCHTHON TO W'S LUTHER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:52 PM

STATISM OR CHRISTIANITY?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:16 AM

MAKE YOURSELF RIGHT AT HOME (via Bryan Francoeur):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:49 AM

April 6, 2008

THE AMERICAN POPE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:42 AM

March 31, 2008

PUTTING ISLAM TO THE TEST:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:55 AM

March 9, 2008

REFORMING THEM IN OUR IMAGE (via Mike Daley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:03 AM

February 25, 2008

WHEN IT COMES TO ANTI-COMMUNISM...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:47 PM

January 1, 2008

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR POPE IS A TOCQUEVILLIAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:10 AM

November 27, 2007

THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK (via Luciferous):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:50 PM

November 20, 2007

BACH IN ACTION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:09 AM

November 15, 2007

AMERICA AMONG THE DISARMED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:02 AM

October 25, 2007

THE VATICAN GETS ALL THE GOOD AMBASSADORS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:20 PM

September 21, 2007

PAPIST R. C.:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

September 1, 2007

I DIDN'T CATCH THAT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:53 PM

August 31, 2007

SEE AMERICA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:48 PM

August 13, 2007

WHERE EGALITARIAN CANT FAILS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:56 AM

July 6, 2007

SUCK UPS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:21 PM

June 12, 2007

THEY AREN'T MOSESIANS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

June 6, 2007

RICHARD DAWKINS GOES TO ROME:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:55 AM

May 25, 2007

IF HE'S NOT WE COULD HAVE SAVED THE NAILS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:25 PM

May 14, 2007

SWINGING? WHAT DO THEY THINK CHRISTIANITY IS?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:54 AM

May 10, 2007

DUDE TAKES THAT MORALITY STUFF SERIOUSLY, HUH?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:41 AM

April 21, 2007

IN FOR A PENNY...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:54 PM

THE REFORMATION ROLLS ON:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:49 AM

April 14, 2007

ACUMEN + THEOLOGY = ?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:46 AM

April 8, 2007

ONE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:29 AM

THE BULWARK:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:53 AM

December 1, 2006

A UNITER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:02 AM

November 30, 2006

HE'S THERE TOO, NO?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:27 PM

TANTRUM OVER, BRO?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:11 AM

November 29, 2006

OOPS...HE JUST LOST ALL THE ISLAMOPHOBES AGAIN...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:06 PM

November 28, 2006

ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE PANZER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:37 AM

November 26, 2006

ANDELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:41 PM

November 20, 2006

WHO EXPECTS A PANZER TO BE PEACEFUL?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:06 AM

October 30, 2006

"REGENSBURG EFFECT":

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:49 AM

October 26, 2006

DIALOGUE ROLLING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:07 AM

October 25, 2006

IT'S NOT COMPULSION IF YOU'RE RIGHT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:20 PM

October 18, 2006

SAME SAME:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

October 5, 2006

LEAVE US REASON TOGETHER (via Mike Daley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:37 AM

October 3, 2006

NOT REASONABLE AT ALL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

WHAT FORCED CONVERSION? (via Tom Morin):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

September 22, 2006

THE CLASH OF MILITANT FAITHS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:59 AM

September 20, 2006

THE HAWKS CAN'T DISAVOW CRUSADING:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

September 19, 2006

FORCED CONVERSION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:50 AM

September 18, 2006

THE CRUSADE, NOT THE JIHAD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:14 PM

MAKING IT WORSE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:21 AM

September 16, 2006

THE ABSURD POINT, BADLY MADE--APOLOGIZE AND MOVE ON:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:37 AM

September 15, 2006

WELL, THAT 20TH CENTURY EXPERIMENT WITH SECULARISM CERTAINLY DIDN'T WORK OUT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:10 AM

LOGOS (AND A FLINTLOCK...):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

September 10, 2006

THE MARSHALL PLAN WAS MURDER:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:45 PM

September 1, 2006

SEEING BEYOND POLAND:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:33 AM

August 28, 2006

YOU CAN TAKE THE CARDINAL OUT OF GERMANY...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:03 PM

July 28, 2006

A SECULAR, NOT A CHURCH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:05 AM

July 18, 2006

A POPE WHO GETS IT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:36 PM

July 7, 2006

HE OUGHT TO BEATIFY FRANCO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 10:05 PM

June 17, 2006

THE CHURCH REFORMED BY AMERICA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 6:15 PM

GOTTA KNOW YOUR ALLIES:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:18 PM

June 4, 2006

KILLING GOD IS JUST THE PRECURSOR TO KILLING MEN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:56 PM

May 30, 2006

ONLY PIECEMEAL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:37 AM

May 25, 2006

VS. THE REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES OF EUROPE (via Tom Morin):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

May 8, 2006

POPING LIKE W:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:22 AM

May 4, 2006

THE CALIPH LIVES IN ROME:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:06 AM

May 2, 2006

LIE DOWN WITH COMMIES....:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:08 AM

April 23, 2006

BENEATH CONTEMPT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:49 AM

April 14, 2006

FROM THE ARCHIVES: SALVATION IS FROM THE JEWS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:01 AM

April 2, 2006

MORE THAN WE CAN EVER REPAY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:01 AM

March 20, 2006

CAN'T BE BOTH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

February 9, 2006

THE MOST HATED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:46 PM

February 8, 2006

THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE VATICAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:49 AM

January 25, 2006

THE CRITERION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

January 10, 2006

WHAT COLONEL JESSEP KNEW:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:58 PM

January 9, 2006

FUNNY THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN FOLKS HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:09 AM

December 22, 2005

THE PRC OR THE FAITHFUL?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:34 AM

December 17, 2005

"DEEP-SEATED" BEING AN UNFORTUNATE TERM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

December 15, 2005

THE HONORABLE THING TO DO:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:22 PM

December 2, 2005

THE VATICAN AND THE THUGOCRACY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:29 AM

November 30, 2005

WE WERE SURE APPEASEMENT WOULD WORK THIS TIME...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:35 PM

WHAT PART OF "NO" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

November 14, 2005

SPEAKING RELATIVELY OF RELATIVISM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 1:12 PM

September 10, 2005

EXORCISING VATICAN II:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

September 1, 2005

BREED THEM INTO SUBMISSION (via Robert Schwartz):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:56 PM

August 29, 2005

MORE, PLEASE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:09 PM

August 26, 2005

THIS TIME THE POPE WILL LEAD THE REFORMATION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:08 PM

August 9, 2005

HIS LOST SHEEP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 4:26 PM

July 29, 2005

THE FAULT LINE RUNS (RAN?) THROUGH THE WEST (via Rick Perlstein)

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:53 AM

July 21, 2005

BUT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANY DEMANDS OF US...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:46 PM

July 10, 2005

CLOSING THE CAFETERIA:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:00 AM

May 30, 2005

CONSOLIDATION, THEN GROWTH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:01 AM

May 29, 2005

ONE IS PLENTY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:23 PM

May 10, 2005

NOT WAITING ON THE BARBARIANS ANYMORE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

NEVER TOO LATE TO COME BACK:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

May 7, 2005

THE HORSE GOES BEFORE THE CART:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:40 AM

CRACKING THE WHIP:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

May 2, 2005

EASY ENOUGH TO OUTLAST THEM:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:42 AM

April 28, 2005

PRACTICAL IDENTICALITY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:15 PM

April 27, 2005

COME BACK, ALL IS FORGIVEN (via Jorge Curioso):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:20 AM

April 25, 2005

FISHHERD:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:08 AM

CHURCH 1, HUMANISM NIL:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

April 24, 2005

ET TUTU? (via Kevin Whited):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 5:39 PM

April 23, 2005

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX...:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:23 PM

IF IT BLEEDS THE CHURCH IT LEADS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:59 AM

April 22, 2005

CAN'T SAVE THE CHURCH BY DESTROYING IT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:40 AM

GOD'S MULE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:31 AM

April 21, 2005

BLUE BLUES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.... (via Rick Turley):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 3:38 PM

GROWING UP NAZI:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:38 AM

PASS THE OXYCLEAN:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:13 AM

IT WAS ALL KARL ROVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:04 AM

April 20, 2005

IN COMMUNITY:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 2:16 PM

LEGGO MY LOGOS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:19 PM

WELL, HE DOES FOLLOW THE NEO TESTAMENT:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 9:31 AM

BATTLING FOR HEARTS AND HEADS:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:46 AM

THE CHURCH DOESN'T HAVE SHEEP ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ONE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:23 AM

HEALTHY COMPETITION:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:15 AM

FROM THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 12:00 AM

April 19, 2005

THERE'S A REASON THEY ALL WEAR RED:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 11:25 PM

ALL THE IDEOLOGY, BUT A BETTER ADMINISTRATOR? (via Timothy Goddard):

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:12 PM

SUBJECTIVE VS OBJECTIVE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 8:05 PM

ONE CHURCH:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:44 PM

A WARTIME POPE:

Posted by Orrin Judd at 7:37 PM