The Cesarean Cross
C-sections are physically demanding and come with all the potential risks of major surgery. But as difficult as the physical stress can be, often the most difficult crosses to bear are emotional and psychological.
Fighting Catholic Gaslighting
Trying to make Catholics believe that any criticism of past fallible Church decisions demonstrates unfaithfulness is gaslighting and should be resisted.
The Forgotten Founder of Modern Catholicism
An obscure 19th century French Catholic priest was actually the forerunner for today’s Catholic liberalism. Looking back on his life can be instructive for the Church moving forward.
What a Real Catholic “Field Hospital” Is Like
As Catholics, the reawakening of the soul to the Good, True, and Beautiful is what one of our principal tasks should be. We come not as apologists of the zeitgeist seeking to affirm drifting souls in the city of man with the ethos of the city of man.
Should the Church Kiss Its Tax-Exemption Goodbye?
One of the Church’s blessings in this country has been its tax-exempt status. But is it also a curse?
Anti-Catholic Bigotry is Always Acceptable in America
Calls warning of a coming “theocracy” and “religious dystopia” are in truth veiled instances of anti-Catholic bigotry.
What Is a Woman? Exposes the Cult of Transgenderism
The new documentary from conservative provocateur Matt Walsh exposes the contradictions and illogic of the transgender movement.
The Apologetics of Abuse
America Magazine argues that no one should be banned from the Eucharist. No one? Really? What about the unbaptized? Are they free to receive? What about Satanists?
What the McElroy Appointment Says About the Church’s Commitment to Sex Abuse Victims
The recent promotion of Bishop McElroy from San Diego to the cardinalate has led a clergy sexual abuse victim to tell her story about how the Diocese of San Diego has done little to help her.
The Sovereignty of the Personal Conscience Is on Trial
The law seems, on one hand, to treat corporate entities as persons and on the other as some sort of lottery winner, with all sorts of tax benefits unavailable to real persons.
St. Barnabas and Parish Importance
Many parishes are not thriving in attendance, enthusiasm, or youth. St. Barnabas reminds us today that renewal begins with personal faith, but it must be ratified through action outside of oneself.
The Pride Movement Has Nothing to Be Proud Of
The LGBTQI+ movement is defined by self-destructive hedonism, sexual grooming of children, and an intolerance that seeks to coerce opponents into subjection.
Mass Shootings Are Not What You Think They Are
The acts of that evil lunatic in Uvalde are being used to advance certain false narratives. So it requires us to understand what school shootings really are. Indeed, we need to understand what mass shootings really are.
Amoris Laetitia: a Ticking Moral Time Bomb
Given its flawed reasoning, ambiguities, and blatant discontinuity with Tradition and Scripture, it would be a travesty to see Amoris Laetitia displace Veritatis Splendor as the blueprint for a new moral theology.
How Men “Benefit” From Abortion
Pro-lifers have always maintained that, far from “liberating” women, Roe liberated men to follow their most base sexual instincts while sloughing the outcome on to women and on any child that is conceived.
The Priest Who Resisted Homosexuality in the Priesthood and Died for It
Msgr. Thomas Wells was killed 22 years ago today, the result of his efforts to root out active homosexuality in the clergy.
Gunmen Open Fire at Catholic Church in Nigeria
A Nigerian priest recounts the local response to the recent tragic shooting at a Nigerian Catholic church, and gives his thoughts on the environment that led to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
Yes, It Can Happen Here
If deathly totalitarianism happened to Germany—which, for all its vaunted progress and sophistication, could not prevent its falling into barbarism—it can happen here.
Catholic Men Must Defend Their Churches
In the past, great Catholic saints stood in the way of perilous dangers in order to defend their churches. Catholic men need to do the same today.
Weekly Wrap-Up: May 28-June 3, 2022
A flurry of papal appointments, a tabernacle is stolen from a Brooklyn church, and Canada wants to confiscate everyone’s guns. We’ll cover that and more on today’s Crisis Weekly Wrap-Up.