Diverting the Focus of the Shepherd
The often uneasy relationship between bishops and the Vatican has come to the forefront in recent years, as increasingly unpastoral directives are being issued by Rome.
Imagining More Than a Career
I’d like my children to identify vocations (and perhaps professions) that will provide for their needs and give them some degree of personal fulfillment. But I would never tell them that their careers are the most important thing.
A Eucharistic Revolt
One cannot help but come to the conclusion that Fr. Thomas Reese is not after a Eucharistic Revival. He is after a Eucharistic Revolt.
What Eastern Christianity Can Teach Us During Lent
Penance has been a staple of Christianity from the beginning. But over the thousands of years since our beginning, various Christian communities have reflected upon this essential practice in divergent ways.
Mischaracterization of the TLM, Then and Now
Part Five of a response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy’s critique of the traditional Latin Mass.
The Conformist Cardinals
Their Eminences want everyone to understand that they dissent from the Catholic faith, but they don’t want to say it directly.
Feminized Faith, Failed Families, and Fertile Fields
Hope-filled in its conclusion, a new book offers the Catholic community a fresh look at current issues, addressing them with scholarly and thoughtful argumentation, and peaceful and commonsense rhetoric.
Is My Pet in Heaven?
We should avoid the temptation to provide a peremptory, dismissive—and often negative—answer to this frequently-asked question.
J.K. Rowling Demonstrates How to Handle the Woke Mob in Three Easy Steps
Without resorting to intimidation, compromise, excuses, or deception, Rowling confronts her opponents and puts them in their place.
Development of Doctrine and Its Discontents
Development of Doctrine—a legitimate way to understand how the Church’s teaching appears different in different ages—has become a way to introduce innovations contrary to the Church’s perennial teachings.
The Tyranny of Gender Ideology in Practice
Gender ideology has become an obsession throughout the West, and it’s transforming into a practical tyranny.
The Equalization of Religions and the Troublesome Abu Dhabi Declaration
The Abu Dhabi Declaration suggests an equalization of religions, a problem that has plagued interreligious dialogue since the beginning.
The Joys of Not Being a Scripture Scholar
Our business is to journey on in unceasing search of God, the sheer outpouring of whose Word upon the Scriptures suffuses every page with the presence of Another.
The Abortion Militancy of the Department of Defense
The DoD’s promotion of abortion – including paying for servicewomen to abort their children – puts active service members in a moral dilemma.
If You Want a Happy Marriage, Take the Marital Debt Seriously
Few subjects raise such ire and disgust as the marital debt, but it is the teaching of the universal Church, and it does matter.
Unity, Charismatic Masses, and Africa
Part Four of a response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy’s critique of the traditional Latin Mass.
Signs of Hope: A Catholic Experience of Street Evangelization
Whereas we expect to be met with hostility when we attempt to share our Faith with others, often the experience is just the opposite.
The Asbury Revival and the Long Game of Faith
While Catholics may rightly admire and be inspired by such moments as the Asbury Revival, it is important that they look beyond the moment as well.
“In the Land of Promise”: An Encounter with a Pro-Life Painting
A relatively obscure painting speaks to the Pro-Life movement, to the shifting sands of familial ideologies, and to the necessity of loving the simple and domestic realities of life.