Fans and critics alike misunderstood Ozzy, a complex figure. He symbolized defiance, a response to the generation of flower power, while indulging in the chaos and pleasures of the flesh and showing deep sensitivity at times.
Uruguay’s secular culture shuns Catholicism, yet heroes like Saint Anna Maria Rubatto and convert Alberto Methol Ferré defy the “libertine atheist” tide.
The raw reaction of our hearts is a recognition that there is something special about little girls—something precious, quickly lost and unrepeatable.
What can the Tour de France, one of the most physically challenging sporting events in the world, teach us about prayer and faith?
Contrary to the vapid accusations recently aimed at the parishioners of Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, Christians there stand humbly firm in the faith amid terror and ruin.
The new Superman movie is not just another jaded, woke, superhero outing. It is a joyful, hopeful romp on the human side of heroism—and a bright allegory for the Christian life in the complicated context of a modern mythology.
In the most unlikely of circumstances, an act of public adultery plunged the whole world into a foretaste of the final judgement to come.
Caught between Israel’s military and Muslim persecution, it’s unclear if and how Christianity can survive the raging conflict in the Middle East.
Liberation Theology has left such a deep mark upon the life of the universal Church that many can’t distinguish it from Catholicism.
The intellectual life, if shaped by the faith, will be the food of mental prayer.
As historian Paul Johnson observed, “The Darwinian brand of evolution is becoming increasingly vulnerable as the progress of science reveals its weaknesses.”
We are bombarded by a constant stream of news concerning supposed mistreatment of and microagression against popular minorities, but little is said about the very real persecution of Christians.
Catholc culture is, first and foremost, a society built upon a family whose identity draws from the Holy Family.
With all the monstrous challenges facing parents today, screen time is the Hydra, and once it comes into being, it can’t easily be slayed.
Smith observed that while the sciences’ blind adherence to a flat material reality permits a certain utility, it does not account for the multidimensional world in which we actually live.
It is easy to diagnose our problems, especially when faced with a culture as unhealthy as ours. It is much harder to prescribe a cure. But that’s our most important work.
Even on Vatican II’s own terms for liturgical participation the contemporary Catholic seems handicapped unless he recovers two notions that have fallen into eclipse: that of the Mass as sacrifice and of suffrages.
Survey after survey, Catholicism by the numbers continues a race towards the bottom. In order to reverse the trend, we need to understand why people leave.
The conflict between nationalism and the Church came about because the Church believed society and human nature to be hierarchical, which clashed with the (relative) egalitarianism of nationalism.
We live in a post-trust era, and radical transparency is the only way out.