Dan Banke was born in Baltimore, Md. in 1988. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a graduate student at the University of Mary. He currently lives and works in Buffalo, N.Y. with his wife and daughter.
Author: Dan Banke
Bishops Policing Catholic Media: Bad Idea, Won’t Work
On January 24, the National Catholic Register published an article titled “Catholics Reflect on 10 Years of the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Social Media.” Within the article were a number of quotes from Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary of Los …
Can a Catholic Have Faith without Reason?
Today, many of us would be skeptical of an arranged marriage. This is because people instinctively know they cannot love a person they do not know, and without loving such a person, they are doubtful of the idea of entering …
What Does the Methodist Schism Foretell for Catholics?
On Friday, January 3, leaders of the second largest Protestant affiliation in the United States, the United Methodist Church, announced that, due to irreconcilable differences in moral theology, the competing orthodox and progressive camps within the group were going to …
Paprocki vs. Cupich on Communion for Pro-Abortion Politicians: Who’s Right?
On June 5, in reaction to radical new pro-abortion laws passed in the state of Illinois, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield issued a decree “declaring that Illinois legislative leaders who promoted and voted for the act … …
Reality Check: No, the Latin Mass Is Not Taking Over
It has become something of orthodoxy within traditional Catholic circles that we’re destined to win the liturgy and doctrine wars in the end, but this isn’t going to happen without evangelization. Traditional communities are fortresses for us to shelter in, …