Celebrating a Catholic Renaissance in France
With over ten thousand adults across France receiving the sacrament of baptism at this year’s Easter Vigil, the Catholic resurgence has the attention of the secular media.
Appeal for a Worldwide Crusade of Prayers for the Upcoming Conclave
A prayer for the upcoming Conclave.
Pay No Attention to the Conclave
We are not called to be Church watchers. We are not called to fuss at the rectory, the chancery, or the Vatican. Our proper “stance” is to face the world with the Church at our back.
The Death of a Father
I long for a father who will give me some encouragement in the thankless and often unpleasant task of building up something like a human culture, one whose springs well up from the Faith.
He is Risen!
Every year Easter marks the time of renewal in our spiritual life, in our search for God.
How I Fought Grok and Won
Will AI give us more control over online narratives about ourselves and the world around us, or will they ultimately go the way of Wikipedia and Google?
This Just In: Israel, Hamas and LGBTQ+ in the News
How can you be ethical about something inherently immoral?
Ready for Gibson’s “Acid Trip” Resurrection?
Two decades on, in the fullness of time, Gibson’s sequel to his magnum opus is set to begin filming this summer. No one knows if it will meet the high standard set with the original. Oremus!
Predatory Gambling Threatens University of Dallas
Gambling addiction is on the meteoric rise in America. How could it be otherwise? Casinos are everywhere—including, like porn, in the palm of your hand.
Politics, Prayer, and Poetry
Prayer and poetry are mysteriously similar, though: words seeking wisdom, spiritual interaction, and renewal; both springing from man’s desire to live forever.
Pope Francis’ Condemnation of Gaza “Genocide” Reflects Traditional Catholic Doctrine
Pope Francis’ recent observations on the situation of the Palestinians in Gaza are well-founded and not at all unjustified. His statements are very much in keeping with the facts, Catholic moral teaching, and the historic views of the popes.
Bring Back Slut and Whore?
The key insight is that the conceit of the Oscar-winning “Anora” is that there is hope for a whore that one of her disgusting johns will marry her and take her away.
Who Put the Ashes in Ash Wednesday?
The ashes of Ash Wednesday come to us from no less a personage than Pope St. Gregory the Great.
The Coming Trumpian Pope
As we pray for the Holy Father in his final agony, we wonder who the next pope will be and pray he will be a Trumpian pope, a bull in the china shop who will “make a mess.”
Preparing for the Pope’s Passing
There is an apologia brewing for the spirit of the Francis papacy as secular stakeholders recoil to lose his fast-and-loose presence in the Vatican with the same vehemence as they recoil at Donald Trump’s fast-and-furious return to the White House.
You Suffer, We Get the Credit
The American Church in my lifetime, as an institution rather than as individual priests or bishops here and there, has done nothing to keep the working class in the fold.
A Plea to Good Bishops
The wickedness of a previous generation of bishops, not wholly leached away, has robbed good bishops of the honor they deserve.
The Irascible Pianist
I call Michael Walsh an irascible pianist to point out that Walsh is both a sensitive artist and a cage-match fighter of ideas who cusses.
Sometimes We Should Not Try to “Fix” the Local Parish
Once children are part of our lives, we need to think more carefully about the liturgy we attend week in, week out.