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.
The story of the anti-gay hate crime murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 caused a nation to see “homophobia” under every corner. The only problem is that the story was a lie.
The Biden administration’s misguided attempt to redistribute the wealth have lead to increasing poverty rates.
Intellectuals often suffer from a deep vanity, the emptiest of all manifestations of envy or pride. But their intellect often leads them to accept the most stupid of ideas.
Some left-wing feminists are starting to challenge the narrative of the sexual revolution, recognizing that it was, in fact, disastrous for women.
The Flemish bishops caused a stir this week by issuing a document outlining a liturgy for blessing same-sex couples. In doing so, they abandon the way of the Lord.
For many on the right, gay marriage is off the table as a political issue – it’s “settled” now. But for some of us, phony gay marriage was never off the agenda.
What we want are all the habits and customs that teach boys and girls from the beginning that they are meant for one another and that bring them together in merriment. Which means rules.
A recent sting by Project Veritas shows that anti-Catholic discrimination is still alive and well in the United States.
Archbishop Weakland, sworn by his office to teach what the Church teaches, did his best to undermine it, to sow indifference or contempt whenever the teachings touched upon his own most precious field of sin.
Liz Cheney famously said, “the truth matters.” The truth does matter, and Cheney’s rejection by the people of Wyoming is a clear demonstration that her repurposing of truth to gain political advantage will not be tolerated.
The death of a young mother revealed the deep impact founding a family can have.
In an especially shameful statement of cowardice, a Vatican consultant wrote: “With ongoing military actions in the world today, raising someone from the military for veneration may not be appropriate for our Church.”
Bill Kristol has never explained his abrupt 180-degree change of views on key issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. Maybe he never cared in the first place. Maybe he lied to us all along.
The pope has not bothered to call upon those faithful who love the old rite to speak with them. He has spent less time critiquing the old rite than he has spent belittling that small portion of the faithful who will not go along with his disdain.
While the “Doctrine of Discovery” can be rescinded, the call to evangelize and convert all nations cannot be.
The fact that nearly all of the documented cases of monkeypox have emerged in the population of men who have sex with men seems to suggest that the disease has a behavioral component to it. But many just don’t want to acknowledge that.
Monkeypox is the latest evidence exposing our culture’s lie that homosexual behavior isn’t dangerous.
The Holy Spirit at Vatican II protected the Church from casting its lot with what has been a colossal failure. But now it appears that that connection is going to be made, nearly sixty years later.
There are certainly lies and lifestyles that discerning Catholics should discriminate, insofar as they are unhealthy and not conducive to human happiness and fulfillment.