Changing Demographics and Culture
There’s a problem with black American culture, and it’s not racist to say that.
Europe’s Wars of Anti-Religion
Recent attacks on religion in Europe show that the land that nursed Christianity to maturity is in desperate need of re-evangelization.
The Tears of St. Monica
Not only does the example of St. Monica illustrate the power of prayer but it reaches into the very meaning of motherhood as well.
Women Don’t Need More Ministerial Roles—We Need Churching!
In all this talk about women’s role in the Church, a more vital and visible female role for the future of the Church has been drastically overlooked—that of the mother.
The Irascible Pianist
I call Michael Walsh an irascible pianist to point out that Walsh is both a sensitive artist and a cage-match fighter of ideas who cusses.
The Bishops Miss a Golden Opportunity (But It’s Not Too Late)
The Church’s perceived need to issue speedy, timely statements on every current event is distracting at best and risky at worst.
Thoughts on a New Religious Order for the 21st Century
With new religious orders being founded and old orders dying or being suppressed, what should a religious order look like today?
How Many Genders Have We Got?
Thank you, President Trump, for returning the question of gender and sex to the Book of Genesis where it rightly belongs.
Why the Walls of Notre-Dame de Paris Are Groaning
The new Notre-Dame de Paris would shock the saints and holy doctors who prayed within its hallowed columns and vaulted ceiling. But today its walls moan as they are compelled to embrace the hellscape of liturgical innovation.
Trump Lights Up the World
This world is not the same as it was two weeks ago. The sense of dread I’ve had for several years now is slowly receding. Now we need to happen in the Church what has happened in politics.
Technology Is Not Neutral
The Church has long pointed out the dangers of technology, with even the earliest pages of Scripture noting the connection between technology and the line of Cain.
Sometimes We Should Not Try to “Fix” the Local Parish
Once children are part of our lives, we need to think more carefully about the liturgy we attend week in, week out.
Tired of New Ideas
I am tired of new ideas. I don’t mean to say that I’m tired of learning. Nor do I mean that I don’t appreciate fresh takes on old subjects. But the constant reinvention of the wheel has worn me out.
The Conversion of Death & the Lifegiving Power of Beauty
Back in 2017, before the covidious cloud descended like madness, the world might have seemed a saner and simpler place. It wasn’t. It was the same dark and dismal place it is today, a vale of tears and a land of exile, with only the same glimmers of lifegiving grace to lighten the load and … Read more
Time to Return to the Prayer of Our Fathers
Just as the Catholic Faith has been reduced to little more than an intellectual philosophy of life for the clergy—all head and no heart—the same happened to the laity, who depend on them for their spirituality.
Can We Finally Go Back to Having Kings?
I want Trump to be crowned as king, and I don’t care who knows it. I don’t want him to be king because I think he is perfect; I want him to be crowned so we can stop pretending that he isn’t a king while he governs like one for four years.
The Truth That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The real division in political as in cultural and religious life is between those who accept that Christ is King over all nations and all men and those who do not.
Could AI Spur a Resurgence of Faith?
The questions that AI raises about reality could end up justifying the claims of Christianity in the eyes of many.
The Limits of Our Anti-Woke Allies
As much as conservatives may enjoy common cause with prominent anti-woke secularists, we must remember the limits of making political alliances with those subscribing to worldviews antithetical to the Faith.
How to Save the Music at Mass
We all know that the music at the typical Catholic Mass is often cheesy and inappropriate. But what can we do about it?