The Revolution Revisited
This year we celebrate the Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary) of the commencement of our national life in its current form.
Europe and America: By the Seas Divided
European elites want to declare their independence from America, but that begs the question: Which Europe and which United States?
The Pope I Pray For
I must admit to having—as every Catholic must—an idea of what I would wish for from and in a pope.
What the British Have Forgotten—and Can Teach Us
So many of what we consider peculiarly British customs and practices are really survivals—shorn of Catholic meaning—that were universal among Catholic peoples prior to the Protestant revolt.
The Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The real division in political as in cultural and religious life is between those who accept that Christ is King over all nations and all men and those who do not.
Keeping a Long Christmas
“Holiday creep,” which begins earlier every year is not motivated solely by a desire for profits. The unconscious sense that things are dreadfully awry provokes an equally unconscious desire to escape into the land of nostalgia.
America and Europe: Where Are They Bound?
There are parallels and differences between America and Europe—and overall is the mutually shared situation in the Catholic Church, which affects and is affected by the political scene on both continents.
American Elegy
The result of Catholics’ failure to bring our country to Christ has been the succession of several more or less corrupt rulerships, and the frequent use of our country’s undeniable strengths for evil.
Coming Home
For Catholics, it is not simply the church or churches of our childhood or youth that are home. It is every Catholic Church or Chapel from whence the sacraments are administered.
The Limits of Power
Today, from the Covid lockdowns to Traditionis Custodes to the Chinese population policies, the entire planet is enmeshed in varieties of tyranny which all may be traced to errors regarding legitimacy, authority, and power.
The Joy of Schism
Throughout Church history, Christians have frequently been happy to expel each other from the Church. That is no less true today, but what is the proper attitude of the Christian when it comes to schism?
The Sacred Heart Over America
The symbol of Christ’s love of the humanity for which He died has ever been the symbol of Catholic militance and resistance to anti-God regimes.
Against Arbitrary Liturgy
The papal tinkering of the liturgy, begun by Pope Pius X, has had unfortunate consequences not foreseen by any 20th century pope.
Happy Birthday, America?
As America approaches the 250th anniversary of its birth, few seem interested in celebrating our country.
A Lenten Grail Quest
Ecclesiastical and political conditions make this Lenten season even more penitential, with no promise that anything shall be solved anytime soon.
February: a President and a Pope
The reigns of Ronald Reagan and Pope Benedict XVI resemble one another because both presided over periods of “Restoration” and were followed by a further fall.
Send in the Clowns
Maintaining a sense of humor in light of the depraved and cruel actions of some prelates is a healthy and necessary response for Catholics.
The Better, the Worse, and the Masculine
In a time of attacks from all sides, faithful Catholics must not emulate our enemies.
The Good, the Bad, and the Effeminate
Pushing the TLM out of parishes and into gyms is symbolic of what those in charge in the Church wish to do with the Catholic Faith and its adherents—push it out to the margins.
The True Spirit of Scouting
I derived a huge number of benefits from my participation in scouting, but at a time when it has morphed into something unrecognizable, I cannot help but want to muse on what scouting really means.