Western patriarchy had nothing to do with blanket, across-the-board control of women by men. Patriarchal authority of husbands over wives was one form of hierarchical authority among others, some of which gave women authority over men.
There is an apologia brewing for the spirit of the Francis papacy as secular stakeholders recoil to lose his fast-and-loose presence in the Vatican with the same vehemence as they recoil at Donald Trump’s fast-and-furious return to the White House.
Trump and his supporters have touted an “America First” agenda, but this goes out the window when it comes to Israel.
President Trump’s recent actions toward Ukraine has led me to withdraw my support for him, not out of political expediency but out of fidelity to Christ whom I represent.
Not even the cleverest or wealthiest among us will escape the long arm of death. We all owe God a death.
Malcolm Muggeridge and Marshall McLuhan are two now-mostly-forgotten TV stars who converted to Catholicism.
The Catholic Church was not only the first to warn against IVF and its consequences, but it is also now the work of today’s Church to be the final defense against the practice of IVF too.
Americans, if you think Canada needs to be “liberated,” I would urge you to liberate your own nation from the iniquity that is as prevalent within your borders as in any nation on earth.
What makes for a “suitable hymn”? How should we gauge “good” and “bad” hymns? I would suggest using a very simple litmus test by asking this question: “Whom are we singing to?”
So many of what we consider peculiarly British customs and practices are really survivals—shorn of Catholic meaning—that were universal among Catholic peoples prior to the Protestant revolt.
Catholic NGO funding scandal prompts calls for USCCB to pivot away from emphasis on pro-immigrant policies.
The desire to live in the country is understandable, but Catholics cannot flee the cities.
As much as the American public is shocked by the ongoing DOGE revelations of our abuse by the Federal government, betrayal by spiritual leaders is infinitely worse.
We are witnessing a full-scale cultural swing away from the progressive policies and agendas that have defined the operations of major American institutions for the past decade, from education to government to media to entertainment.
There’s something to be learned from the pope’s actions, timing, and even (as I suspect this is) missteps—not necessarily because the pope is trying to teach us but because God always is.
Considered a dry subject by even mainstream standards, monetary policy is a subject Catholics should care deeply about as a broader electorate.
In hearing St. Ambrose, St. Augustine began to distinguish between mere eloquence and the real truth.
St. Valentine apparently did not meet the DEI criteria or the historical-critical requirement, so he was removed from the liturgical calendar.
The dominant narrative of victimized American Indians and victimizer white settlers has a tendency to obscure what the many civilizations and tribes of our continent’s indigenous populations were truly like.
