The Cover-Up Continues
A priest credibly accused of ritual satanic sexual abuse is living and ministering at a well-known, well-respected institution that houses hundreds of vulnerable boys and girls, and officials do nothing.
The Church Always Rises
Catholics have little reason for optimism today. But because of the Resurrection, we do have reason for hope.
The Mystery of the Cross
In the Passion of Jesus, we see the most atrocious bitterness which He embraced for our salvation, yet he was totally abandoned to His Father’s Will.
The Ecstasy and Terror of Holy Thursday
On this Holy Thursday night there can be no peace. For a treachery of cosmic magnitude has been perpetrated. The Son of Man has been betrayed with a kiss. Where there is sin, peace becomes a stranger.
The Ignored Views of Cardinal Sarah on Russia and the West
Cardinal Sarah believes that the West’s greatest enemy has never been al-Qaida, ISIS, or China, much less Russia, but rather the West itself—and none of those professing to admire him have seen fit to notice.
Father Stu: A Flawed Story of Redemption
There is a lot wrong with the movie “Father Stu,” and lots of muck to get through to get to the payoff at the end.
Holy Saturday and the Harrowing of Hell
Today there is a great silence and stillness because our King is asleep. But, even while asleep, our King is working.
The Unending Passion of Persecuted Catholics in Muslim Lands
For persecuted Catholics living (and suffering) in Muslim-majority nations, their entire lives often seem like one unending Passion Week.
What Price Redemption?
God takes our suffering entirely upon Himself, bearing it away in the fire of an infinite love. Who else but a God of love would dare to take on the world’s dereliction?
Our Hands-On, Tool-Wielding Savior
As we enter into Holy Week, we do well to ponder that fantastic integration of God and man and how it came to pass that perfection itself was so maligned and rejected.
We Need a Separation of Home and State
The cancerous growth of the State has come at the expense of the home, and the unholy has grown at the expense of the holy.
Weekly Wrap-Up: April 2-8, 2022
A new Supreme Court Justice is confirmed, the bodies of aborted babies are given a proper burial in DC, and Holy Week is approaching. We’ll cover that and more on today’s Crisis Weekly Wrap-Up.
Why “Cathonomics” Is Neither Catholic nor Economic
A recent book on Catholic economics is unfortunately neither faithfully Catholic or competently economic.
The Hierarchy Should Not Outsource Leadership to the Laity
The Church is not a democratic society, and attempts to make it so will not actually liberate the laity as promised.
Restore Year-Round Friday Abstinence
The 1966 bishops’ decision to drop Friday abstinence hasn’t borne fruit. Like the barren fig tree, there seems to be good reason to cut it down and clear the ground.
Wuthering Heights in a Nutshell
The darkness of Wuthering Heights is driven by the refusal of the novel’s principal protagonists to love their neighbors or to forgive those who have sinned against them.
Too Many Red Pills Can Be Bad for Your Health
A life lived on red pills is an unstable way of being. We spend the whole time tearing things down and disbelieving things so that we leave little room to build things up and to believe in real things
The Ten Sins of Gay Surrogacy
There is a whole host of sins when “married” homosexual men rent the wombs of surrogates to procure babies for themselves.
Fearing Death Is for the Pagans
Covid revealed that many modern Christians had the same fear of death as the pagans of old.
What Does Being Conservative Actually Mean These Days?
How will conservatives respond to the challenges of a rising China, a corporatist oligarchy hollowing out the American economy, and ubiquitous woke propaganda?