Fighting Terrorism Like a Catholic Barbarian
An aggressive Catholic attitude should give no philosophical or societal quarter in the attack against reality and religion, even if giving no quarter draws looks, insults, or shock.
The Pseudo-Primitive, Pseudo-Childlike Art of Fr. Rupnik
Everywhere you turn in the Catholic Church of the last fifty years, you find the spirit of Rupnik. All of the pseudo-primitive pseudo-childlike church art since my boyhood has been of a piece.
The Death of a Boy and the Founding of Families
Nine-year-old Michael Harrill inspired everyone who saw him bravely fight a year-long battle against a pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma.
Progress!
In this land we live in now, people are so dis-integrated that they have often no love for the bodies God gave them but, instead, must have them mutilated, just as their families so often have been.
Performative Catholicism
Once society allows individuals to claim an identity grounded exclusively in emotion or desire, anyone can claim to be a practicing Catholic no matter their beliefs or actions.
They Made My Daughter Cry at World Youth Day
My daughter walked the Camino then attended World Youth Day. One experience was transformative, and the other was distressing.
Catholic College Still Requires Covid Vaccine
Although the national emergency declaration surrounding Covid-19 ended in May, this has not stopped the Jesuit-led Santa Clara University from requiring one bivalent dose for all incoming first year students.
World Profanation Day
Whoever was involved in the planning of WYD decided to imitate not the Magi who gave the Lord gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but the Corinthians who heedlessly carried on with their “agape,” not discerning the Body and Blood of the Lord.
Soccer Over Dogma?
In spite of the pope’s seeming preference for soccer over dogma, proclaiming the truths of the Catholic Faith—i.e., being “dogmatic”—leads to more joy and happiness, not less.
It Is Not About Trump, It’s About Us
The Trump indictments are not about getting rid of Trump. It’s really about getting us, smelly conservatives and Christians, patriots who love this country.
When Catholic Universities Actively Assist in Sin
The University of San Diego, while claiming to be Catholic, provides resources to help student “transition,” as well as obtain abortions, sterilizations, and vasectomies.
Brendan Had Three Babies
A boy with Down Syndrome and leukemia who died at the age of 16 has left an amazing legacy.
10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family
To help those who are looking for Catholic communities, Crisis Magazine has compiled a list of 10 of the best cities to raise a Catholic family.
The Bad Samaritan
Our church leaders are ignoring the wounded man lying in the ditch to “minister” to the thief who attacked him.
Don’t Let the Gs Dump the Ts
Andrew Sullivan wants the LGBs to dump at least the most radical portions of the Ts. And we cannot let him.
Pope Francis’ View of Truth
There is a legitimate doctrinal pluralism, but how can the Church distinguish legitimate from illegitimate ways of expressing the faith without distinguishing truth and falsity?
June 28 and the Original Gender Defender
As Pride Month 2023 blows itself out with its loud, frothy-mouthed proclamations that demand uncanny and unconditional validation, the voice of Irenaeus booms from the heavens like summer thunder, denying and denouncing their aberrations.
Overcoming Today’s Woke Moralists (Guest: Karlo Broussard)
Years ago Pope Benedict warned against the “Dictatorship of Relativism,” but it seems today the problem is with woke moralists who appear to be absolutists in their wokeism. But when we look deeper we’ll see they are actually the dictatorial relativists Benedict warned us about.
Hungary Is Bad on the Moral Issues at the UN
Hungary courts American conservatives, but why does it take an aggressive position in favor of the sexual revolution at the U.N.?
Materialists Against the Material World
What is at stake in our current controversies regarding male and female? Nothing less than creation itself.