Enjoy the Calm
Pope Leo’s days are spent in diplomacy, appointing bishops, refining and adjudicating law, and resolving disputes — precisely the kind of things that we notice less the better they’re done.
When Lourdes Visited Me
The ‘Journey of Grace’ is bringing the relics of St. Bernadette to the world, a simple act of devotion that can do more to restore the faith than a thousand novel ministries.
Converts and Controversy
A new series examining the newly-released book by journalist and author Melanie McDonagh titled “Converts.”
But for Harvard?
When the opening salvo from leaders at the world’s top universities is a denial of the existence of truth, we need to ask ourselves what it is that they intend to teach.
Blessed Fulton Sheen: Catholicism Writ Large
Now a Blessed, Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s cause for canonization points most distinctly to charity, properly understood.
Are Europeans Plumping for World War?
European leaders are increasingly warning of war with Russia. But after the Gulf of Tonkin, Iraq’s phantom weapons, and COVID, we have every reason to doubt the establishment elites beating the war drums.
Leo XIV, the Ghost of the French Revolution, and Freemasonry
The issue is not whether Catholics are capable of supporting liberty, equality, and fraternity; they are. The issue is the substantive content these terms acquire when presented as universal ethical imperatives.
The War on the Vulnerable: Canada’s MAID Experiment Ten Years Later
By offering the choice of physician-assisted suicide, we irrevocably take away the chooser’s right to make another choice.
“The Poor Have Shamed Us”
In a society rich with smartphones, the poor teens in other parts of the world are putting us all to great shame.
There Was No “Original Liturgical War”: A Response to Dmitri Solzhenitsyn
While the claim that the Latin Rite is a deviation from an original Byzantine Rite doesn’t hold up to academic scrutiny, the Novus Ordo is more susceptible to charges of deviation.
Canonizing Socialism Edition!
Dorothy Day’s own post-conversion writings and actions might be enough to disqualify her from consideration for canonization by the Church — save for an ulterior agenda behind the effort.
An African Who Wants The West To Be Itself
In the newest book-length interview with Cardinal Robert Sarah, the beloved African prelate once again warns the West about the consequences of rejecting its Christian foundation.
Why Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Campaign Ad Mocking Young White Men Hit a Nerve
The hateful caricature portraying straight, white males as useless and toxic has become so normalized that even otherwise conservative women have taken it up.
Christ-Centered Catholic Spirituality: From Monastic to Mendicant Spirituality
The spirituality of the Saints in the Church is a font of constant renewal formed in the love between the human heart and the Holy Spirit in every age.
Stories From the Silver Screen: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
While Close Encounters of the Third Kind could not be called a Christian-themed film, it draws on and out a childlike wonder found in a light that is not of this world.
Please, No More Excuses
The new Abolitionist movement aims to stop the bloodshed of the millions of babies killed in their mothers’ wombs.
Remember Your Guardian Angel
My children mostly think of their guardian angels at nighttime and as defenders against nightmares. But guardian angels have a much more significant role than calming a child’s fears.
No, It’s Not “Super Intelligence”
Trump’s renaming of things is usually relatively harmless, but trying to rename artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” can have wide-ranging and harmful consequences.
Online Wills Can Get You Killed (or Worse)
Many “Do-It-Yourself” legal platforms exclude health-care proxy appointment or advance directives—fairly nuanced and state-specific documents—which are arguably the most important elements in any estate plan.
Fulton Sheen’s Last Word
As Blessed Sheen himself might have put it, what if God had permitted him every jot and tittle of Cardinal Tagle’s script; what if He had allowed Sheen one last word to the world?