Was the Parish Made for Man—or Man for the Parish?
There was a very good reason that the Church wanted Catholics to attend their local parish: the care of souls. That same reason is driving many Catholics to escape their parish geography.
Timeless Truths vs. Timely Ones
Even good cultural leaders today only offer timeless truths, but sadly they refuse to engage in topics that would provide us with timely—and controversial—truths.
Reviving Christendom
Five-hundred years on from the Protestant revolution and Christendom is not just dismantled, but in full apostasy. Can it be revived, and if so, how?
The Wishful Thinking of Deathbed Conversions
The sacrament of reconciliation is the ‘Clavis David’ in opening up heaven to the repentant sinner, but waiting for the hour of death is like playing a game of Russian Roulette with your soul.
I Need My Dad
My father and Pope Francis died within months of each other, and I recognized a similarity between these two dads—I had rejected both of them because of the intense pain their imperfections caused me.
Unsung Heroes of Harvard
Amidst the battered “Veritas” of Harvard, there are a few still heroically walking in the footsteps of their Catholic predecessors.
The Toothpaste isn’t Going Back in the Tube: Tradition and the War of Attrition
Traditional Catholicism is not going anywhere, and the more pressure you apply, the more it shines, like a diamond, or better yet, like a sword beaten between hammer and anvil.
The Second Silence of Adam: A Father’s Call to Defend Modesty
It’s easier for a father to stay silent. But we will be judged one day not just by our own sins but by what we permitted or ignored, especially in our homes.
A Catholic Lawyer Responds to the Bishops About Mass Immigration
Catholic Bishops too often exploit the emotional aspects of poverty and hunger in order to change the subject from the massive problems associated with mass immigration.
Whither the Fall?
The wisdom that opposes and conquers the world, turns to God and says, “take all my liberty, memory, understanding, and entire will…leaving only Thy love and grace.”
Defiling Consecrated Ground
The recent desecration of a German cathedral with a bizarre dance routine involving semi-naked men juggling plucked chickens was all part of a wider modern pattern of treating consecrated ground as just an empty entertainment space rather than a sacred space.
The Age of Fragility: Reclaiming Resilience in a Culture of Victimhood
The distorted image of God that many Christians have come to hold amounts to nothing more than a fuzzy “safe-space.”
Looking Backward in the Diocese of Charlotte
The persecution of tradition is not a new story, but the latest—and probably final—attacks from the Woodstock-era Bishops have a fresh tyrannical twist.
Leo XIV, Fulton Sheen, and the Catholic American Heartland
From Fulton Sheen to Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV), American Catholicism is in its ascendancy.
Whatever Happened to the Holy Ghost?
In a frenzy to make themselves feel relevant, 60’s churchmen did violence to Church language, and with it our understanding. It may be time to revisit the prudence of them having “given up the Ghost.”
The Roman Canon Was Supposed to Go Away
Liturgical vandals of the 60’s and 70’s bemoan the resurgence of the Roman Canon (“Eucharistic Prayer I”) in the wake of their brutalist reckovation.
Probing the Depths of Evangelization
Public expression of the faith is ordered to the evangelical imperative to convert, not just this or that person, but all peoples.
He Who Wrestles With God in Public: Jordan Peterson Versus Himself
Peterson, who has notoriously stood aloof from formal religion, found out that mere psycho-spirituality couldn’t stand up to committed opposition to God.
Leonard Leo: Hero of the Faith and of the Republic
There are many hidden saints living amongst us who not only inspire the lives of those who know them, but have quietly confounded seemingly insurmountable evils in the world.
In Appreciation of Bishop Barron
I’ve been critical of Bishop Barron in the past, but he’s still one of our best bishops today.