Pay No Attention to the Conclave
We are not called to be Church watchers. We are not called to fuss at the rectory, the chancery, or the Vatican. Our proper “stance” is to face the world with the Church at our back.
Why We Need a Pope From Africa
The Catholic Church needs to look to the African continent to lead us through the present and coming challenges assailing our faith. Here’s why.
Pope Francis and Conclave 2025: Still waiting for a Third-Millennium Pope
While it is true that our Catholic Faith is timeless, the Catholic Church seems to be stalled in the disastrous 20th Century.
The Death of a Father
I long for a father who will give me some encouragement in the thankless and often unpleasant task of building up something like a human culture, one whose springs well up from the Faith.
The Pope of Ironies
The reign of Pope Francis was one filled with apparent incongruities and even contradictions.
May Pope Francis Rest in Peace. And May Peace Return to Mother Church.
Good Catholics were often confused during the Francis pontificate.
The Easter Mystery: A Call to Love
To enter into the eternal Easter, we must first pass through the transformative flames of the Sacred Heart.
The Pope is Dead. Long Live the Papacy.
Pope Francis famously called on Catholics to “make a mess.” He surely did, and now it’s up to us to clean up. Pray for the soul of Pope Francis, pray for the next pope, and pray for Holy Mother Church.
The Revolution Revisited
This year we celebrate the Semiquincentennial (250th Anniversary) of the commencement of our national life in its current form.
He is Risen!
Every year Easter marks the time of renewal in our spiritual life, in our search for God.
Nazi Stormtroopers Versus the Soldiers of Christ
Blessed Otto Neururer would be the first priest to be martyred by the Nazis but by no means the last.
We All Killed Him
The chain of blame which began at the fall of mankind ends at the mea culpa, and is replaced with the “ideo precor” – the beseeching of Mary, the angels, the all the saints.
On Needing a Why Before We Die
Many of the greatest saints understood that mankind’s death sentence shows us how we ought to live our life.
Egg-regious Lies: Are Stories About “Cancelling Easter” Really All Just Fake News?
Is the attempt to tamp down Christianity in the public square real or imagined?
The Rooster Crows for Christ
Revisiting the forgotton symbols of Christian culture help us to deepen our understanding of scripture and our faith.
The Miracle That Grew From the Ashes of 2018
One simple priest answered the call to lay down his life for God’s suffering flock, and we are reminded of what His love looks like.
Sin Makes Us All Spies
The kiss-and-tell betrayal of Jesus by one in His inner circle speaks to how close to Him Judas actually was.
Forgive Douglas Murray, For He Knows Not What He Does
Was Murray’s intent to defend Western Civilization or to betray it to an Israel First agenda?
Mark Carney and the New Technocracy: A Moral and Political Reckoning
Both Carney and Trump have been cast as national saviors. But the Christian worldview reminds us that no political figure offers true salvation. These are manufactured messiahs.
Classical Catholic Education or Bust
In the face of the alarming reality of rapidly shrinking Catholic School numbers, many bishops seem unable or unwilling to respond to the writing on the wall.