The Story of McKenna West Shows the Moral Insanity of Commercial Surrogacy
The reality that surrogacy shamelessly commodifies children is on full display in the case of the surrogate mother who refused to abort her child.
Fight for the Right (Brained)
Is there a personality type distinction that draws some to the traditional liturgy and not others?
Candace Owens’ Tenuous Relationship With the Truth
Candace Owens is a high-profile Catholic who has repeatedly committed egregious public sins of speech against a fellow Christian.
The Purpose of a University
The real mission of a Catholic university of liberal arts and sciences is not to train you for a professional activity; the only mission of such an institution should be to train you for leisure.
For Gen Z, It’s Not Weimar—It’s TikTok
While the Weimar Republic has become the popular analog for diagnosing Gen Z America, the symptoms actually point to something less historical, but also concerning.
Needed: Catholic Cavaliers
Knights of old are still occasionally imitated by children during All Hallows’ Eve, but there is a call for modern day men to revive the vocation to chivalrous defense of Church, family and country.
Heaven Bears the Prize Away
No words, however beautiful, can do justice to the sheer wonder of Our Lady’s being taken up into heaven to join her heavenly Son in His Kingdom.
The Unfallen
The near deification of “the poor” in the writings of both Francis and Leo is often contrary to reality, relying instead on the heavy use of meaningless platitudes.
Pastoral Mush Mouth
The part of the Church that prides itself on “love” and “tolerance” and “walking with” and “meeting you where you are” means it in only a highly limited sense. It certainly does not apply to conservatives.
The Fauci Hearings: Defending Science as Science
COVID exposed many shocking failures across society, but the most eye-opening was the suppression of scientific inquiry by the so-called scientists.
My Latin Stumble at Castel Gandolfo
How can we be one if, when we are gathered, we are unable to pray together in one tongue?
What if the Migrant Invasion of Ceuta Is Only the Beginning?
Considering Spain’s late response and the EU’s vain squabbling, there is every reason to worry that the migrant invasion of Ceuta will happen again.
On Loving Those Who Ghost Us
While Christians across time have lost friends and family members over their faith, it seems to be a trend that is on the rise once again.
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.
American Martyr: Blessed Stanley Rother
The story of Blessed Stanley Rother is percolating out of Oklahoma to the rest of the country.
The SSPX and the Importance of Technicalities
Catholics who choose to take advantage of legal loopholes ought to weigh the eternal consequences of getting it wrong.
Mercy to the Cruel Is Cruelty to the Innocent
The Vatican has departed with twenty centuries of Church and biblical teaching to align the magisterium with “critical criminology,” which denies individual moral agency.
Stories From the Silver Screen: A Man for All Seasons
Paul Scofield had been given the best, the most inspired lines an actor could possibly ask for in playing the character of England’s Lord Chancellor and a future saint of the Catholic Church.
No, Artificial General Intelligence is Not Coming
Artificial intelligence only covers a thin slice of what we call intelligence, which is why “artificial general intelligence,” in spite of the hype, isn’t happening any time soon, if ever.
Britain’s New Prime Minister Only Thinks He’s a Catholic—Really, He’s Anything But
He may have famously Catholic tastes in music, but applying the same eclectic approach toward actual Church doctrine suggests Andy Burnham isn’t very Christian at all.