Fidelity in Kigali?
The fourth Global Anglican Futures Conference adopted the “Kigali Commitment,” which was essentially an Anglican declaration of independence from the primacy of Canterbury.
The Dangers of the Other AI
Artificial insemination is in growing demand, due to increased fertility issues and inherently sterile same-sex relationships.
The Anti-Body “Harvesting” of Dead People’s Tattoos
The latest fad of “harvesting” the tattoos of dead people is another sign of our culture’s disrespect for the human body.
What Is a Mother?
Roe v. Wade taught Americans that the value and even acknowledgment of the fact of motherhood lies not in motherhood but in one’s attitude toward it.
ERA: Last Chance for Abortion-on-Demand
ERA proponents have always played a two-faced game regarding its connection to abortion.
Taking Archbishop Paglia at His Word
The Pontifical Academy for Life assured us that, though we had seen the naked text of Archbishop Paglia’s remarks on assisted suicide, he was attired in the finest and fullest of ecclesiastical garb.
What the Mass Teaches Us About a “Welcoming” Church
The Church welcomes us to change how we think about things. What I am hearing from Synodal “listening” sessions is not that message but, instead, how the Church needs to change how she thinks about things.
Hands Off Easter!
There’s a movement afoot to fix a common date for Easter by 2025. It’s a movement fraught with problems.
Like a Dish That Is Broken…
On Good Friday we are reminded of the value of our at times seemingly valueless lives.
What Does It Mean to Be a “Welcoming” Church?
Contra Cardinal McElroy, genuine ecclesial inclusion goes through the path of acknowledging and renouncing one’s sinfulness.
The Marriage/Parenthood Disconnect
While conceptually distinctive, Catholic theology has always recognized marriage and parenthood typically go in tandem and that openness to life is a prerequisite to entering a valid marriage.
“C’mon, Ring Those Bells!”
Church steeples point men’s attention beyond the horizontal, the level of their eyes, and church bells are acoustic reminders of transcendence. Today’s world needs more, not less, of those reminders.
From Pronouns to Names: The Latest Front in the “Gender Identity” Wars
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, identity is not self-invented: it comes directly from God. Gender-neutral names seek to undermine that God-given identity.
Start Living a New Kind of Year
Living wholly in the civil, present, temporal world tends to blur our attention to the “bigger picture.” Trying to live according to the rhythms of the liturgical year gives us perspective: everything is not about the right now and the demands of the moment.
Our Holy Innocents Today
The Feast of the Holy Innocents should remind us of the abortion holocaust, not immigration debates. The Church’s vestments are red because the children bled and were dead, not because the Holy Family fled.
Canceling Church Services on Christmas?
Some Protestant pastors are canceling their Sunday church services this week because it’s Christmas Day and they fear no one will show up.
The Banshees of Inisherin: Morals, Niceness, and the Truth of the Times
A new film poses some interesting religious questions even if, in the end, its nexus to religion is faux.
Loosing and Binding
Penitents do not have an absolute right to absolution: they must meet what the sacrament itself requires for the forgiveness of sins.
The Normalization of Sterility
Today is “World Vasectomy Day.” What do roaming vans offering fast, local sterilization tell us about how far our culture has fallen?