Singers Silenced by War
The 20th Century is marked by the loss of voices cut short in mid-song by war.
The 20th Century is marked by the loss of voices cut short in mid-song by war.
In choosing the name Leo XIV, the new pope may be signaling that he is prepared to carry on the battle that Leo XIII waged—not with weapons of this world but with the power of truth, prayer, and a deep awareness of the spiritual struggle that undergirds every age.
Leo XIII not only wrote about modern social and economic issues, but he also wrote massively against Liberalism, Freemasonry, and the errors of modern philosophy.
Hyper-papalism can actually lead one into schism. A correct understanding along with the firm belief in the primacy of Peter will keep Catholics firmly grafted to the Barque.
“DEI,” the woke religion’s hellish moniker, is in fact a blasphemous facsimile of the Catholic Church, in word and in deed.
Pope Leo XIV has already made clear that artificial intelligence is the next great challenge for the Catholic Church. How will we respond to this transformative technology?
The alma mater of the first American Pope, Villanova University, has since abandoned its Catholic identity. Can Pope Leo XIV help to reverse this widespread trend?
Pope Leo XIV and President Trump are almost totally aligned on the bedrock moral issue of our time—the worth and dignity of the human person.
The Communist Party of China sent faithful Catholics underground. The faction in the Vatican led by McCarrick and Parolin tried to bury them. What will Pope Leo XIV do?
Having quickly risen to become the most networked Curia cardinal, will Pope Leo XIV be able to do what his predecessors couldn’t, and effectively reform the Curia?
While many in the Church don’t know what to think about the Garabandal seers, there is no doubt that heaven has sent a steady stream of warnings through our Lady.
With all the focus on the first 100 days, Trump’s ongoing influence in reshaping discussions on abortion and gender ideology are promises made and kept.
The incarnation is the model, par excellence, of Catholic Christendom. Christ came to establish His Church here, in our midst.
The time between the passing of a pontiff and the election of a new one is a time when Rome may be at its worst, a time of whispers, goofy rumors, and even calumny.
The direction of the Church will never change, but will we resist or assist her divine directive.
To be called merciful an act must be oriented to the ultimate good of the person, namely, their eternal salvation.
The notion that “the Holy Spirit picks the Pope,” a widely held but mistaken belief, darkens reasoning and clouds the Catholic intellect.
When we fail to find offense in the profane, all we are doing is revealing how dramatically we’ve lost our sense of the sacred.
While a bishop living a life of grave sin could still be a good administrator or social worker, he will seldom be what matters most – a defender of the faith and morals necessary to our salvation.