Has Modern Media Created the Ultramontane Papacy?
The rise of the popular Catholic press was crucial to the development of ultramontane sentiment on a popular level in the nineteenth century, and its impact is still felt today.
Meet America’s Worst Catholic Senator
Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania lamented the vindication of his own father in his desire to defend the murder of unborn children.
The Dark Heritage of Cookie-Cutter Philosophy
Cookie-cutter philosophers will always cleverly label the wisdom of the ages as yesteryear’s worn-out fashion—as archaic ideas whose time has come and gone. They will attempt to free us from the very thing that gives us freedom.
The Spiritual Dangers of Sedevacantism
Those who deny that Francis is pope diametrically oppose the fundamentals of Catholicism and thus are on a spiritually dangerous path.
Scrooge and the Economics of Abortion
Far from the rallying cry of “safe, legal, and rare,” advocates for abortion today claim that abortion is a social good and a necessary condition to ensure women’s success.
The Parable of the Sower and the Dutch Government
The Dutch government is imposing extreme restrictions on farmers that could put 30% of them out of business. It’s difficult to say whether Dutch officials are profoundly stupid or downright evil.
How Our Lady of La Leche Cured Us of Infertility
The answering of our prayers—even the most extravagant, and even in a miraculous or semi-miraculous way—is not reserved only for the saints, as I have sometimes thought.
A Little Discrimination Can Go a Long Way
There are certainly lies and lifestyles that discerning Catholics should discriminate, insofar as they are unhealthy and not conducive to human happiness and fulfillment.
The Lies They Continue to Tell About Donald Trump
I knew instantly it was false when Cassidy Hutchinson told the January 6th committee that Trump tried to hijack the presidential SUV and, in the process, choked a Secret Service agent.
Roe Overturned: The Joy, the Sorrow, and What Else Needs to Be Overturned
Roe is not just a legal opinion, nor is it simply a political issue. Roe v. Wade is a philosophy. Roe is over, but the philosophy of Roe is still here. And it is the philosophy of Roe that also needs to be culturally overturned.
These Are Again the Times That Try Men’s Souls
Though we have achieved a victory, these are still the times that try men’s souls. The-end-justifies-the-means Left has been dealt a blow; but like Bilbo in the cave of Smaug this is just the awakening.
The Lost Symbolism of the Liturgy
The pope warns against aestheticism. Rightly so. Aestheticism is to a full experience of beauty as sentimentality is to profound and genuine feeling. But it is not aestheticism to long for beauty, as it is not sentimental to long for love.
Remembering Our Beloved Dead
Our nation was built upon countless and nameless patriots who sacrificed for the country they loved.
What is Pope Francis’s Problem with Eastern Europe?
In the latest consistory, Pope Francis yet again snubbed Eastern Europe of new cardinals, in spite of the fact that Eastern Europe has carried the mantle of Catholicism in Europe for some time now.
The Mechanization of Man
Many workers have became no more than an interchangeable cog in a machine to their employer. They are paid as little as possible while conversely being forced to do as much work as possible for as long as possible in order to maximize profits.
Today’s Tyrannical Government Contradicts the Declaration’s Self-Evident Truths
Jefferson and the founders weren’t imagining a welfare state devoted to safety, tolerance, and compliance; instead, they wanted to outline a system that maximized self-government and subsidiarity.
When the Majority Shouldn’t Rule
Many of the ancient world’s best and brightest—Plato and Aristotle in particular—held democracy to be among the worst possible forms of government because the great majority of men and women are ruled not by their reason but by their passions.
By What Authority? in a Nutshell
“By What Authority” brings the period of the Tudor Terror to life in a way that is hardly possible in a non-fictional historical narrative. We get to know the characters as they come to terms with the tyrannous time in which they’re living.
Celebrating Abnormal Behavior
There is a good reason why things get worse and not better for them who celebrate the abnormal.
What the Overturning of Roe Means Outside America
The monumental Dobbs ruling will have an influence far beyond the shores of America.