The Problem of Destination Churches
As a practicing Catholic who church hopped for so many years only to make his peace with the church up the street, I would suggest a third option, which lies somewhere in the middle.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part V
There is no folly quite like a man who asserts his independence while standing in a world he neither created nor comprehends, and whose inevitable departure is more mysterious than his humble arrival.
The SSPX, the Truth, and Charity
What one thinks about the SSPX, in a sense, is in the eye of the beholder.
The Bell of San Remo
Catholics have lost the “public square” over the past 60 years, but Bishop Antonio Suetta in Italy is sounding a wake-up call.
An Open Letter to US Dioceses
From misuse to abuse, the time of blind giving to a bishop’s Annual Appeal is over.
Students Are Reading Less. This is Why.
Educators need to entice reading, and kicking the classics to the curb won’t help.
The War on Truth, in the Name of Empathy
How Hillary Clinton trades the innocent for the guilty and calls it Christianity.
Without a Safety Net: Free Climbing and Mortal Sin
A lesson from Alex Honnold and the spiritual life.
On Small Laws
“When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom, you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.” And so we have the continuing melodrama in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Telling Our Story
Every Christian, great and small, across two millennia, in every tribe and nation, has heard the warn-out taunt about believing in fairy tales.
Gen Z Rebels Against “Gay Acceptance”
Gen Z’s refusal to embrace an unqualified “support for homosexuality” challenges the lie of “live and let live.”
The Movement to Topple Obergefell Is No Longer Fringe
Ten years after the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, advocates are rightly worried that the case isn’t closed.
Make America Beautiful Again
America can only be made great again if it first seeks to make its citizens virtuous again.
Meet the New Porn: Even Worse than the Old Porn
Pornography soaks the minds of those who consume it in unrealities that, in turn, ruin lives in reality. AI, in all its uses, may turn out to be even worse.
The Ghost of Paul Weyrich in the Halls of Heritage
Staff departures at the Heritage Foundation are actually rooted in a deeper, more ideological shift than many assume.
I took a break from 𝕏. Here’s what happened.
It was only after removing myself from social media for a period did I realize how dramatically it affected (and controlled) my life.
A System Perfectly Designed to Produce a Priestly Crisis
The alarming crisis in the priesthood is less a reflection upon individual priests, and much more a condemnation of the redesigned formation of priests following Vatican II.
The Dangerous Paganism of “FAFO”
The MAGA movement’s growing acceptance of “F*** Around and Find Out” bears significant hazards for Christian morality and the conservative movement.
Pope Leo XIV—Eight Months On
“Who do people say that he is,” remains an open question being asked about Pope Leo XIV, but we do have a list of what he has done, and not done, so far.
The Outsourcing of Catholic Immigration Policy to Progressive Catholic Institutions
Following USAID cuts, a network of Catholic university-based advocacy groups, staffed by USCCB and Biden-admin alumni, enables the bishops to continue advancing porous border initiatives.