Healing the Red-Blue Divide by Using the Gift of Tongues
One can’t fail to call to mind the Tower of Babel when looking at the confusion which ensued in the wake of abolishing Latin as the Church’s principal language.
The Silver Linings of the Apocalypse
Concerns about a dystopian trajectory for our society in response to pandemics has contributed to an awakening. Americans are now questioning standard assumptions about public health, science, medicine, vaccines, masking, and lockdowns.
Thoughts on a New Religious Order for the 21st Century
With new religious orders being founded and old orders dying or being suppressed, what should a religious order look like today?
The Best Way Forward? A Tale of Two Speeches
Recent speeches by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and American President Joseph Biden reveal stark contrasting visions for the West.
Has Critical Theory Captured the Right?
Conspiracy theories have gained widespread credibility on the Right. Have conservatives succumbed to the siren song of critical theory?
Postmodern “Identity”: When Make-Believe Becomes Delusion
The false identities created by Barrack Obama and Kamala Harris reflect the idolatry of identity in our time which confuses playing a role with ontological essence.
Our Besetting Sins: Outrage and Adulation
Our obsession with personality masks the fact of our powerlessness.
A Buyer’s Market in Catholic Real Estate
In recent decades, the decline of the Church has resulted in the closure and sale of a host of Catholic real estate: churches, convents, monasteries, schools, and rectories.
How to Destroy a State With the Help of the Church
As liberal lawmakers destroyed the state of New York, Catholic Church leaders stood by and assisted in its demise.
Justice Means Getting the Invasion We Deserve
A Christ-free compassion leads to open borders, abortion on demand, racial guilt, and trans-madness.
Should Catholics Return to the Land?
Is the Catholic Land Movement a legitimate approach to rediscovering God’s gracious gifts, or is it just another lifestyle choice option for the post-modern-minded?
Theology of the Body vs. Body Mutilations
John Paul II’s TOB was anchored in an anthropology still recognizably rooted in Catholicism, whereas the latest trends in body mutilations seemingly treat the body as a platform,
No Trespassing in the Vineyard
Too often the Church’s highest authorities seemingly endorse violations of both political and spiritual boundaries.
The Left and the Co-opting of Autism
The world sees autism as a disability or a free pass from norms, when it is actually a gift. The radical Left sees it as an opportunity to tear down when it is actually a weight to train the soul. It can be cursed, or it can be cherished.
A Plea From an American Periphery
Pope Francis wants Catholics to go to the “peripheries,” but have the pope and other Church leaders ignored the American peripheries?
Invest Your Funds Upon This Rock?
A new Vatican document proposes to give guidance for Catholic investors based on Catholic social teaching, but often falls into regurgitating liberal talking points on redistribution and environmental awareness.
Uncomfortable Lessons from the Martyrology
The Roman Martyrology is a vital, if uncomfortable, antidote to many modern poisonous misconceptions.
Don’t Look East Just Because of the Problems in the West
One theme among some conservatives has been the role of Russia as a sort of holy scourge of a decadent West. But the answer to Western problems is not salvation by way of Eastern Orthodoxy.