Pope Francis’ recent observations on the situation of the Palestinians in Gaza are well-founded and not at all unjustified. His statements are very much in keeping with the facts, Catholic moral teaching, and the historic views of the popes.
At 252, the College of Cardinals is at an all-time high, with members hailing from a record 94 countries. Since 1975, only those under the age of eighty are permitted to vote.
There can be little doubt that of the nine books set down to describe Augustine’s life, Book VIII is everyone’s favorite. It is the centerpiece of the story, the necessary hinge on which all the action turns.
For those who occasionally doubt the efficacy of prayer and fasting—myself included, mea culpa—we need only recall how divine intervention has very recently changed the course of history.
The key insight is that the conceit of the Oscar-winning “Anora” is that there is hope for a whore that one of her disgusting johns will marry her and take her away.
European elites want to declare their independence from America, but that begs the question: Which Europe and which United States?
Much has been written about the global fertility crisis, but almost all of the solutions to this crisis that have been proposed thus far are unlikely to be effective. What is the solution?
Advocates for a “young earth” and even for geocentrism claim their views are consistent with traditional Catholic Scriptural interpretations. Are they correct?
Total, radical dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary and an energetic program to spread that devotion is the path to save this country.
When the pope warns against “pageantry and prominence,” I want to know how he will also protect against tacky and tawdry because the latter has often been the practical upshot of post-Vatican II liturgical choices.
Countless people thoughtlessly celebrate March 8 as “International Women’s Day,” oblivious to its bloody origins
To deny that Francis is the true pope requires either divine revelation or a very special competence to discern this. Those who make this claim have neither.
A nominally conservative majority in the courts will never be the lynchpin of advancing conservative priorities.
Hugh Ross Williamson was an indefatigable defender of the Catholic Church against what Belloc had called the “enormous mountain of ignorant wickedness” that constituted “tom-fool Protestant history.”
If we want to avoid the Church’s effective annihilation, we must return to Tradition, in everything from liturgy to catechesis to public morals and even modesty in dress.
The society the technocrats want to usher in to help humanity is one that is highly efficient in solving many problems, but will be terrible for actual humans.
Fr. Chad Ripperger was recently accused of making statements that are “contrary to Catholic Tradition, doctrine, and theology.” We need to set the record straight.
Catholics are opposed to sex, right? Yet it’s our godless world that empties sex of its inherent thrill and danger.
The ashes of Ash Wednesday come to us from no less a personage than Pope St. Gregory the Great.
What exactly is the price that we are expected to pay in order to follow Christ? Love one another or die!