Pope Francis’s Schism
If Pope Francis drops his nuclear bomb on Tradition, this will create a schism in the Church.
All You Need Is Love?
This past half-century or so has seen the word love dragged through the mud. Once a queen; now a harlot.
The Fallibility of Popes, According to St. Paul and St. Gregory
Infallibility is not to be generalized to all the pope’s statements, just as it must not be confused with impeccability. The pope is human and can sin like all of us. He can also be mistaken about things.
By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them
In our increasingly all-present welfare state, we must realize that working for our daily bread is not a necessary evil but a means to ensuring man’s dignity and humanity.
You Need to Fast More
Is modern man not cut out to fast? Should we only strive to achieve the Church’s very minimal standard of fasting?
Countering Assaults on Innocence This Lent
What we might perceive as an insignificant sacrifice God can use to achieve something grand.
What Should We Think About the Pavone Affair?
How should faithful Catholics respond to the Pavone Affair, and second, what should Frank Pavone himself do or not do?
Are Conservatives Embracing a New Kind of Welfare?
Pro-family legislation is not “a new kind of welfare” nor is it a rejection of small government. It is an attempt to return power back to the people.
The Genesis of the Novus Ordo and “Theological and Spiritual Flaws” of the TLM
Part Three of a response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy’s critique of the traditional Latin Mass.
Preaching in a Time of Misdirecting Shepherds
Too many shepherds try to tempt us to accept the false teachings of our culture. How do we live when even our shepherds want to lead us astray?
Four Scores Just Sixty Years Ago?
We are not confusing the blogosphere with reality about Vatican II. We are lamenting the confusion born from ambiguity and the party strife born from both.
Father Elijah in a Nutshell
One of the particular strengths of Father Elijah is the way in which O’Brien brings his eponymous hero to fully-fledged and fully-fleshed life.
Imagine No Religion
The biggest threat facing America today isn’t China, Russia, radical sexual or racial ideologies, globalism or widening economic disparities. The gravest threat is the dramatic decline in citizens’ religious affiliation and belief.
Trans Movement Comes After Down Syndrome
Time and again we learn that the sexual revolution and the homosexual/trans agenda poison everything they touch.
Clericalism Is Dead. Long Live Clericalism!
The clericalism that was once considered the realm of clergy who treated lay people like children has transferred its loyalty to a new generation of priests, who clothe their power-seeking ways in faux humility and New Yorker lingo.
In the Beginning Was…Gas?
Once belief in God goes, there is no end to the nonsense found to take His place.
The Final Judgment: Balancing Fear and Hope
Both fear that most men could be lost and hope that none will be appear essential to the Christian, often at different times. Dare we embrace both?
The Trouble With Debates About “Marital Debt”
The trouble with discussions of marital debt is they overlook the larger context of human relationships that render the truth or falsity irrelevant.
The Vatican Assault on Religious Life Claims More Victims
An Italian monastery worth millions is another in a succession of religious houses being shut down by the Vatican for questionable reasons.
Church of England Considers Creating “Gender-Neutral” God
For the Church of England, considering and potentially changing the Our Father that Jesus Himself taught us to appease a radical and small minority is about as valueless as one can get.