Why I Don’t Celebrate International Women’s Day—And Why You Shouldn’t Either
Countless people thoughtlessly celebrate March 8 as “International Women’s Day,” oblivious to its bloody origins
Starting a Schism: So Easy It’s Not Funny
To deny that Francis is the true pope requires either divine revelation or a very special competence to discern this. Those who make this claim have neither.
Complaining About a T-Shirt Will Not Save the Country
A nominally conservative majority in the courts will never be the lynchpin of advancing conservative priorities.
A Forgotten Defender of Tradition
Hugh Ross Williamson was an indefatigable defender of the Catholic Church against what Belloc had called the “enormous mountain of ignorant wickedness” that constituted “tom-fool Protestant history.”
Tradition or Annihilation
If we want to avoid the Church’s effective annihilation, we must return to Tradition, in everything from liturgy to catechesis to public morals and even modesty in dress.
Humans > Humanity
The society the technocrats want to usher in to help humanity is one that is highly efficient in solving many problems, but will be terrible for actual humans.
In Defense of Fr. Ripperger
Fr. Chad Ripperger was recently accused of making statements that are “contrary to Catholic Tradition, doctrine, and theology.” We need to set the record straight.
Such a Great Witness
Catholics are opposed to sex, right? Yet it’s our godless world that empties sex of its inherent thrill and danger.
Who Put the Ashes in Ash Wednesday?
The ashes of Ash Wednesday come to us from no less a personage than Pope St. Gregory the Great.
A Modest Proposal for Lent
What exactly is the price that we are expected to pay in order to follow Christ? Love one another or die!
Catholics Are Rapidly Losing Ground
A new survey shows that for every 100 new Catholics, more than 800 people leave the Church. As bad as that is, the news is actually worse when we look more closely at the numbers. Radical changes are needed.
Keep Ringin’ Those Bells!
Are ringing bells during Mass a vestige of the bad old pre-1969 Mass, where everything was hidden from the People of God in a dead language and the priest had to get the congregation’s attention?
Geopolitics and Papal Elections
If you have any doubt that geopolitics should play a role in papal elections, think of this: while choosing someone to step into the shoes of the poor fisherman from Galilee, the cardinals are also electing the head of a sovereign, juridical entity.
Liturgy, Redemption, and Contemplation
All too many modern Catholics seem to think that the only hope for renewal in the modern Church is to find it in the liturgy alone, and they seem to be blind to the importance of deep personal prayer.
Setting St. Augustine on Fire
It was never mere proof of God’s existence that set Augustine on fire; it was, rather, the grace to remain steadfast in following the Lord, indeed, in falling in love with the Lord.
The Coming Trumpian Pope
As we pray for the Holy Father in his final agony, we wonder who the next pope will be and pray he will be a Trumpian pope, a bull in the china shop who will “make a mess.”
The “Higher Things” Budget
Let us consider the “higher things” together. Some say they are useless extravagances. But I say (with all sane men before me) that they are teachers of mysteries, to be revered.
The Pope I Pray For
I must admit to having—as every Catholic must—an idea of what I would wish for from and in a pope.
The Struggles of a Scrupulous Trad
What should we do in a modern Church full of questionable shepherds? Obviously, the solution isn’t to double down and justify our compulsive behavior. “I can’t trust anyone” is never supernaturally true.
Why Are They Leaving?
Before asking what to do with those who want to come to America, it may be helpful to ask why they are seeking to leave their homeland in the first place. And what can we do about that?