The Asbury Revival and the Long Game of Faith
While Catholics may rightly admire and be inspired by such moments as the Asbury Revival, it is important that they look beyond the moment as well.
Are Conservatives Embracing a New Kind of Welfare?
Pro-family legislation is not “a new kind of welfare” nor is it a rejection of small government. It is an attempt to return power back to the people.
Trans Movement Comes After Down Syndrome
Time and again we learn that the sexual revolution and the homosexual/trans agenda poison everything they touch.
The Rage of Feral Children
The rise of contraception led to the phenomenon of “feral children” – young people left alone with no one to guide them.
Catholic Social Teaching and the Destruction of Societies
One of the demands of Catholic social teaching is that there should be societies, and one of the most obvious features of contemporary life is that it is destructive of societies.
No Happy Endings in Transland
A new documentary tells the sad stories of young victims of gender ideology.
Cardinal George Pell, Peace At Last
Besides being a champion for orthodox Catholicism in an age of liberalism, Cardinal Pell will be remembered primarily as the Prince of the Church who went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
A Wise Man Ends His Pilgrimage
Life and death are inseparable partners in the course of human salvation, and so it is fitting that we end the season celebrating the birth of Christ with the death of a holy man.
The Beauty of a Holy Death
If you are able, do not hesitate to assist at someone’s holy death. You will never regret it.
The Political Philosophy of Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph Ratzinger was aware of the central event of modernity, namely the transferal of basic Christian categories from the transcendent order to the political order of this world.
Christmas Eve is Holy Eve’s
One of the deepest and dearest secrets of the Christmas season is hidden in plain sight: Christmas Eve is the feast day of Holy Eve, the wife of Adam and the mother of all.
Can Ye Love Hitler?
Kanye West’s recent comments about Adolf Hitler is worth some attention from wary Catholics.
The Weaponization of Loneliness
No one wants to be alone. It is, at heart, a terrifying prospect. And so, this is the great fear played upon by those trying to impose their ideology.
Dysconnected: An Excarnational Reckoning Is Coming
A new documentary makes sense of the insanity of the transgender movement.
It Was Homosexual Abuse
Leftists deny the mountain of demographic data that draws a strong link between homosexuality and abuse of minors in the Church.
The Terror of Tenderness
Kindness, American style, detached from the Man upon the cross, has turned sour and sickly. It can justify anything.
Election 2022: Night of the Walking Dead
Although Election night was not good news for the GOP, Democrats have proven themselves as the Party of the Walking Dead.
Crisis Magazine Turns 40
This month Crisis turns 40. Founded by Ralph McInerny and Michael Novak, the journal was initially called Catholicism in Crisis (subtitled “A Journal of Lay Catholic Opinion”) and the first issue was published in November 1982, in the midst of the Cold War and before the rise of the internet. Much as today, the early … Read more
When Love Isn’t Love
We sometimes do not love those people or those things we think we love. We may also love and not be aware of it. But the human heart, without grace, hardly beats at all. It is a tangle of vipers, and when it beats, it squeezes out its poison.
The Loss of the Heart of a Human Community
Every closing of a church is a knife to the heart of a real human community. In Canada the people feel it more keenly perhaps than in America. You did more than meet your neighbors at Mass; you met fellow travelers on the way to the four last things.