The Fall of Catholic Colleges
Catholic colleges that have largely given up their Catholic identity are finding that they can’t compete with their secular counterparts.
The Tabernacle Debate Is Front and Center
The argument for the placement of the tabernacle off the side was based on the idea of a so-called “return to the sources,” because the Holy Spirit apparently got it wrong for over 1500 years.
When Will the Covid-Era Bishops Be Held Accountable?
In the six years since Covid broke out, there has not been any autopsy of the bishops’—and Pope Francis’—decisions during that time.
Reading the Bible in Texas
Beyond religious education, the Bible provides as much, if not more, of the necessary context behind Western Civilization as would the study of Greek and Roman culture.
Dead Fathers
Fatherhood has been under attack for decades, spoken of as a fungible role that a mother could play. The newest attacks are on the very meaning of “father,” coming from trans ideology and science.
Does the Individual Situation Nullify the Objective Order?
The slow motion collapse of Western Civilization has been a Synodal process of turning exceptions into rules and calling it a “pastoral respect for human dignity.” But is it?
The Bell of San Remo
Catholics have lost the “public square” over the past 60 years, but Bishop Antonio Suetta in Italy is sounding a wake-up call.
When Does the Orate Fratres Go Away?
The distinct nature of the priesthood derived from Holy Orders is baked into the language of the “Orate Fratres.” Flattening the ordained priesthood into “the common priesthood of the faithful,” only distorts both.
Give Your Kids a Christmas Present: Reading!
Parents used to have to go to extraordinary measures to put their kids ahead in life. Now they can do it by simply giving the gift of reading books, and there is no better time to start!
Dr. Zhivago: A Study in Philosophical Anthropology
Dr. Zhivago is a study in sin taking hold over an entire society, which conversely also makes it the perfect Christmas story.
Chastity as an Issue for Today
While the Synodal church has ignored one of the most devastated teachings of the Church in modernity, Fr. T.G. Morrow’s latest book on chastity reminds us why it needs our focus.
On “World Vasectomy Day,” Ever Ask Why There’s No Male “Pill”?
While the vasectomy is lauded by feminists for men doing their part to keep casual sex culture childless, it’s also a reminder that men won’t subject themselves to a chemical bath for birth control.
A Rich Book for Marriage Preparation
Every marriage preparation program would do well to incorporate the practical marriage advice from the Archduke of Austria, Eduard Habsburg.
When “Welcome” Collides With Caesar: Dilexi Te and the Missing Question
Invoking historical precedents from a different time and legal order to justify mass illegal immigration in the present stretches analogy beyond reason.
Does St. Peter’s Need Porters?
Recently an egregious display of sexual perversion was allowed to desecrate St. Peter’s, which could not have been possible before Paul VI’s abolished the minor orders.
Tim Kaine on the Origin of Rights
The discussion about the origin of “rights” often conflates situational privileges, such as the “right of way,” with universal, God-given, natural rights that exist independent of governments.
Woman Does Not Live on Work Alone
The “worker’s rights” vision of economist and lawmakers fails to account for something more fundamental: the essential work of raising one’s own children.
Summer, Camps, and Childhood
No diagnoses of the woes of modern society would be complete without looking at modern-day parenting.
Sacrifice, Suffrages, and “This Mass Is Offered for….”
Even on Vatican II’s own terms for liturgical participation the contemporary Catholic seems handicapped unless he recovers two notions that have fallen into eclipse: that of the Mass as sacrifice and of suffrages.
Thoughts About the Mass for Care of Creation
Can Pope Leo XIV build bridges from Pope Francis’ arguably liberal mouthpiece encyclicals to something squarely Catholic?