Frequent fliers and those who move to the UK frequently pick up a slight British accent.  It happened to Madonna and Gwyneth.  I find it ch...

I woke up to this scene outside my back door this morning, the lilacs bent over from an overnight wet snowfall - the first of the season. ...

"Anyone who is so 'progressive' as not to remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God, whoever remains in the teac...

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A kind reader asked me, "Dear Mr. Button,  Why do you do it?" . "Do what?" I asked.  Well it didn't really go th...

A debt of gratitude to our veterans. Many people think Memorial Day is Veterans Day, but they are different - Memorial Day honors the dea...

I'm not trying to be a jerk here - but Vicki Gene Robinson , the 'married' gay, non-celibate Episcopal 'bishop' is resi...

Bitchy but 'nice'. . Editor's Note:  The following text was to be my post for the day, but I decided last night to wait to pu...

So what's your point? I just find it amusing so many Catholic men on blogs seem to be disturbed by this. . So many questions.  Oh ...

Seated Bambino Jesu - from  Gump's . Crowned with gilt wood, this figure celebrates the season in full baroque glory. Italian artists ca...

Apparently nothing. . Constantine erected the Lateran Basilica in Rome, and it has been venerated as the mother church of Christendom eve...

Gimme... I got that question from a reader yesterday.  He wondered, "Do you have to pay to blog - is that why bloggers ask for donat...

People have asked me in what situation would I approve of the death penalty.  The following story is a case I believe the death penalty is w...

Who do people say that I am? . So many Catholics with 'special causes' like to give the Holy Father some sort of grandiose title...

It is never too early. With the warm weather it is a great time to put up outdoor Christmas lights.  Christmas ads are just beginning to ...

Is that dad's picture in the paper? . So anyway, why do 'straight' men engage in gay sex?  It's a controversial question...

A friend sent me the following. The second question was: "What significance can consecrating a church such as the Sagrada Familia ha...

+ Never take others for your example, however holy they may be, for the devil will set their imperfections before you. But imitate Christ, ...

A local priest was arrested this past Thursday for exposing himself to an undercover policeman in a gay cruising area in the Twin Cities....

There he is, Pope Benedict at Compostella, looking all cute - but he should not get a pilgrim's shell and certificate for making the p...