Random thoughts on 2015

• For me and my family, 2015, was a  challenging year, not completely horrible by any means but there were huge testing moments that I've written about all year. May God have mercy on my beloved dead and may Saints Martha, Dymphna, Appollonia, Alphonsus, Martin, Jerome and Therese continue to watch out for us and pray for us.
  
  
  In Catholic blog land things were interesting as always.  
  

• Traditional Latin Mass blog remains my favorite blog that I visit every day.

• A member of the feminist group, Femen, has written a book rejecting the group and apologizing to  Christians for her previous behavior. IF she's sincere this is huge.  It might be one of the biggest stories of the year.

• Michael Voris took a big hit in 2015. I gave up reading him early this year and I don't even watch his videos because I got sick of Church Militant's sometimes imprecise reporting and his Captain Ahab obsession with the SSPX but it was this video attacking Pope Benedict that turned off a lot of people who formerly sang his praises. Yes, it's undeniable that for whatever reason, Pope Benedict walked out and gave us Pope Francis but since Mr. Voris is don't-criticize-the-pope-man, people were shocked.

• I enjoyed the Mahound's Paradise blog  , St. Corbian's Bear  ,  The Catholic Table , What's Up With the Synod , One Mad Mom and DC Latin Mass this year.

• I very much admire the writing and spunk of Maureen Mullarkey.

• One Peter Five is one of the best Catholic sources on the Web and they did a post on Islam 101 that is worth studying.

• The saddest thing I read all year was in a comment on another blog. An elderly person said that she stopped going to church after her cat died because a  Baptist (correctly) told her that animals do not go to Heaven. She said that if her cat wasn't there she doesn't want to go.

• The most popular post I ever published was Should Priest's Blog?  I find that very interesting. It shows me that more than a few people are uncomfortable with celebrity priests.

• Who the heck is Matthew Kelly and why is he so popular? Restore DC Catholicism and Traditional Catholic Thoughts are on it.

• I discovered how much fun Twitter is and then I broke down and got a Pinterest account.