Restoring the Rules of a Healthy Society
What we want are all the habits and customs that teach boys and girls from the beginning that they are meant for one another and that bring them together in merriment. Which means rules.
WARNING: The Music at Mass May Be Harmful to Your Soul
When Catholics in a typical parish are served lounge music instead of sacred music, their souls suffer a kind of dry rot. They experience not the “fear and trembling” of Calvary but only the wispy breezes of the musical theater.
Will You Curtsy to the Queen?
Princess Anne’s curtsy to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth reminds us of our duty to venerate our true Queen, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Burning of Books
I burn books, which puts me in uncomfortable company. However, the books I burn I have found too objectionable to pass on. They are my possessions; I can do with them as I see fit.
The Hierarchy Doesn’t Understand Shia LaBeouf’s Conversion
Many churchmen are generally unaware of the real reasons why people are leaving the Faith in droves and why younger generations are not drawn to the Church.
Can Artificial Intelligence Produce Art?
New developments in computer programs have upset the arts. These programs allow people to give both visual and written input that, in turn, generate pictures. But is it art?
Bishop Thomas Daly: “We Are Playing Make-Believe with Students’ Biological Sexes”
Bishop Thomas Daly recently spoke out against the trend of even Catholic schools accepting the lies of the transgender movement.
The World Must Speak of God
Art and poetry are vouchsafed to us by God for the purpose of giving voice to all that cannot be said but about which it would be an impoverishment to remain silent.
Kristin Lavransdatter in a Nutshell
The power and profundity of Kristen Lavransdatter has as its source the author’s profound understanding of the meaning of life.
Aslan Is on the Move
Our age is insane, our elites are out of their minds, and our world is in the proverbial handbasket on the way to Hell. But I remain optimistic. Why? Because I believe Aslan is on the move.
The Best Marriage Prep Is Adult Prep
As yet another update to marriage prep is considered, it’s debatable just how effective these programs have been in promoting a culture of marriage and family.
The Witness of Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was a witness to duty and service in an age that rejected those virtues.
Does the Holy Spirit Still Guide the Church?
A look at the Church’s past makes clear that if the Holy Spirit guides the Church, He does it with a light touch.
Where Heaven Lies: A (Qualified) Defense of a New Atheist
Sam Harris mocked religion by asking “Where is Heaven?”, but his question is a good one that Christians should be prepared to answer.
Pontifical Academy for Life: Personal Values Reign Supreme
The conclusion of a recent book published by the Pontifical Academy for Life is not the result of a different evaluation of the purpose of the marital act but of a radically different view of what constitutes the moral goodness or evil of any action.
Is Speculative Investing Immoral?
Is it okay for Catholics to engage in speculative investing? Or is it making a profit without adding any value to it, which St. Thomas Aquinas calls cheating?
Catholiphobia in Connecticut Classrooms
A recent sting by Project Veritas shows that anti-Catholic discrimination is still alive and well in the United States.
The Digitalization of Man
It’s a brave new world out there right now, with all of these various attempts by people to recreate reality in their own image.
Rings of Power: Jeff Bezos’s Billion Dollar Anti-Tolkien Fan Fiction
Whatever else Rings of Power may be, it is not Tolkien; nor is it—as the opening credits claim—based on The Lord of the Rings and its appendices in any meaningful way.
What’s Happening to Work?
The paradox of Labor Day 2022 is that Americans seem less and less inclined to labor.