To the German Bishops: No, the Church Will Not Change
What is keeping the German bishops from leaving the Church? The Church, after all, will never change on the “pelvic issues” they care most about.
Abortion Is Our Red Wave
In this election there was one big red wave, the certainty of which has continued its all too predictable march through every precinct in the land, signaling yet another triumph at the polls for abortion.
An Open Letter to Our Bishops
In times past, it was everywhere understood that care of the soul was the principal function of the bishop’s office. Alas, that is no longer true.
Are We All Fascists Now?
The hysterics on the hard-Left are determined to hobgoblinize anyone who disagrees with them.
Synodality for Steubenville…Why not?
When it comes to the potential shutdown of the Diocese of Steubenville, the laity were ignored – so much for the virtues of synodality.
Rescuing the Republic
If the unfolding lunacy we see day after day coming out of Washington doesn’t lead to a red wave in November, then the whole country has gone crackers.
Pedagogy or Plumbing…Must We Choose?
There can be no reason to commend a college or university to anyone if there is no connection between the life of the campus and the light of truth.
The World Must Speak of God
Art and poetry are vouchsafed to us by God for the purpose of giving voice to all that cannot be said but about which it would be an impoverishment to remain silent.
On Becoming a Saint
It is an axiom of membership among believing Roman Catholics that nothing matters more than the pursuit of holiness
On Loving the Infinite
One should open the mind only in order to close it on something solid. Reality is never the result of my mind thinking it but rather my receiving it.
Facing the Rising Barbarism
The rising barbarism we see all around us cannot be ignored, nor can we withhold the medicine to cure it.
The Unattainability of Perfect Justice
Here we see the pathos, the sheer sadness that impinges at every turn upon the pursuit and practice of justice. There can be no end to the business of making things fair, definitively and purely so. Not in this life anyway.Â
Remembering Our Beloved Dead
Our nation was built upon countless and nameless patriots who sacrificed for the country they loved.
The Apologetics of Abuse
America Magazine argues that no one should be banned from the Eucharist. No one? Really? What about the unbaptized? Are they free to receive? What about Satanists?
Yes, It Can Happen Here
If deathly totalitarianism happened to Germany—which, for all its vaunted progress and sophistication, could not prevent its falling into barbarism—it can happen here.
A Special Saint for Our Time
St. Titus Brandsma, the martyred Carmelite priest from Holland who died at Dachau in 1942, stands out as perhaps the most compelling example for Catholics concerned about the threat of state-sponsored terror and tyranny.
Overcoming Hardness of Hearts on Abortion
Are children not the poorest of us all, their lives totally dependent upon the suffrage of others?
It’s Time to Clean Up the Mess
Pope Francis recommended that we “make a mess.” Well, a mess we have – perhaps it’s time to clean things up?
The Infrequency of Infallibility
The pope exercises no authority on his own, all authority having come from Christ. He is not, therefore, above the Church’s Doctrine of the Faith, but rather he is its custodian and protector.
What Price Redemption?
God takes our suffering entirely upon Himself, bearing it away in the fire of an infinite love. Who else but a God of love would dare to take on the world’s dereliction?