Farewell, Little Piece of Me
An excerpt from Cancer Doesn't Give a Shit About Your Stupid Attitude: Reflections on Cancer and Catholicism
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Death Porn Body Nonsense
The ostensible purpose of some images is to teach us something about life and death, but, Mary Valle asks,...
Little Girls, Future Powerful Women
Mary Valle: Someone at UCSSB HQ has finally clicked on the links to anti-Girl Scout material on the web...
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Mary Valle: Fr. Marcel Guarnizo, the priest who denied Barbara Johnson (also known as the "lesbian Barbara Johnson") communion...
Heart in the Snow
By Mary Valle
My last semester in college, I spent a lot of time taking phone calls from my brother...
I Love You, I Do.
We asked our Near and Dear to tell us something about today, the day when we celebrate love--or loss...
Merry Christmas to Me!
Mary Valle: All I really want for Christmas is to watch "The Exorcist" with Fr. Gabriele Amorth. I...
Daily Links: Apocalypse Edition
Click right over to Mary Valle's latest at Killing the Buddha on "A Kinder, Gentler Apocalypse." Of the...
99 Muslim Comic Sunday
Mary Valle: The 99, a comic series created by Naif Al-Mutawa, has gained popularity in the rest of...
Abbey Sweet Abbey
Mary Valle: Via Elizabeth Castelli, here's a look at a mostly-gutted, vacant and ready-for-finishin' disused Anglican convent. Apparently...
For Those About to Gouge
Mary Valle:Via Gawker, here's a report on a man who gouged his eyes out in the middle of...
Recreational Grieving: A 9/11 Reader
"Recreational Grieving," by Mary Valle for The...
Whose Heaven is for Real? Or, Jesus Looks A Lot Like Kenny Loggins
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo,...
Discarded Theologians
A quick shout-out to Bilgrimage, a blog by theologian William D. Lindsey, that recently linked an article by...
Whole Lotta Testosterone
by Mary Valle
I don’t think that men and women are the same. I think we have a lot in...
Report on Sex Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church
With commentary from FRANCES KISSLING, AMANDA MARCOTTE, ELIZABETH...
Catholic Workers Take a Stand Against Anti-Terrorism
Mary Valle: Way to go, Baltimore City Paper, for covering Viva House's rejection of the loyalty oath now demanded of United...
Ross Wants Your Snowflakes
Mary Valle: My favorite cheek-shaved, neck-bearded Catholic convert, Ross Douthat, weighs in today (sort of? His columns...
The Melancholy Rite
Mary Valle: I recently voted in my state's primary election, because I like voting. Where I vote is...
Pontifigate: Flanders Ignites!
Mary Valle: It was a holy card from the bishop of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, to the niece of his...
Stuff to Do, Updated
Mary Valle: We here at The Revealer were wondering just who was the "American who taught that Catholics could dissent...
They Had Stuff to Do, Give Them a Break!
Mary Valle: A huge New York Times piece on the Ratzinger-led Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith's role in...
The Easiest Thing In The World
Mary Valle: I thought that the easiest thing in the world might be eating pudding or sleeping or watching...
The Church Is A Lady
Mary Valle: Paul Vitello reports in the New York Times about the new, invasive screening of prospective priests,...