What Might Have Been
We would faint in horror if we saw the enormity of what we avoided by this last election. The whole world might have been different.
Can We Talk About J6?
The “insurrection” narrative has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for so long, the reckoning will take time. Let us finally begin to hear the truth about that fateful day.
Who Will Safeguard the Sheep?
The open lesion that can’t heal is the realization that our shepherds despise or entirely disregard us. Will any of them break out of lockstep in Baltimore this week?
Living on Borrowed Time
The world we live in, our experience of goodness and light and relative plenty, will likely be upended for a time. Pray that God makes champions of us.
American Cristeros
It’s high time we come to know the Mexican Martyrs, as we face the anti-Catholic beast prowling about in America.
Braced for the Quake
We may have to walk through the paroxysms of a dying darkness, but every step of preparation will be a brick in the rebuilding of Christendom.
Jesus Thirsts, As Do We All
Where catechism and preaching may have failed in the past, “Jesus Thirsts” captivates with Eucharistic beauty, prods the heart, intrigues the senses, gives the audience a path to falling in love with the Eucharist.
The Guerrilla Warfare of Journaling
It takes a conscious effort to keep yourself from falling into the fifth-generation war machine that is meant to influence thoughts and behavior. That effort is daily journaling.
Wildcat: Flannery for Rookies
Flannery O’Connor is considered one of the greatest Catholic writers of all time, but most people, when asked about her, make a face. The new movie Wildcat is provocative enough to drive a new audience to her strangely redemptive stories.
Christian Nationalists: In the Crosshairs
There’s a programmatic effort to associate Catholics with racism and gun violence, making them appear dangerous, but whistleblowers are giving us the tools we need to defeat this plan.
Mother Cabrini’s Empire of Hope: The Movie
Cabrini is basically an action movie, a David and Goliath tale. You can’t help but cheer for the underdog who feels God’s call so intensely. It will capture young viewers with the risk and excitement of the Christian life.
Bishop Strickland Changes the Game
On Friday, history unfolded as Bishop Joseph Strickland addressed the crowd at the CPAC Ronald Reagan Dinner in the nation’s capital. Now the world of conservative politics is being transformed.
Letter to the American Church
The movie “Letter to the American Church” is a ringing call to Christian pastors and bishops to speak up before the window closes, as it did in Germany in the 1930s.
Be a Pell
Rather than put our hopes in a mighty champion like Cardinal Pell, it seems God wants us to realize our own strength as baptized Christians, and we can be Pell-ish ourselves.
Choosing Between New and Old
The Latin Mass is an adventure. That’s not what makes it sacred, but it does make it compelling. It’s a secret language waiting to be unlocked.
Twilight in Tyler
Many of us heard the voice of a shepherd in Bishop Strickland and moved to Tyler, Texas in response. It’s a gut punch to lose him now.
The Protestant Mary Isn’t the True Mary
The new movie “Journey to Bethlehem” reveals the dramatic difference in worldview between Catholics and Protestants.
Sentimentalists Go to Rome
Last month’s Synod was pervaded with sentimentality, which glossed over the ugly realities it was seeking to condone.
Sound of Freedom: See the Children
We have a duty to oppose child trafficking, but one imagines that looking too closely might deliver a blow to our psyches from which we couldn’t recover. We need to go see “Sound of Freedom” anyway.