What Children Do
Christ’s admonition to become like little children is not an invitation for the adults in the room to set about infantilizing themselves, but to open their eyes as the children do.
Natives From Nowhere
The Church’s task is not to simply make herself manifest in human cultures. That would be to subordinate the Church to local ways. The task is far more challenging than that: to baptize the cultures.
Would St. Ambrose Get Fired Today?
What would Pope Francis have done with an Ambrose standing in the emperor’s path?
From Sinner to Saint
Like Mr. Chesterton, it would never have occurred to St. Augustine to assign blame for the world’s problems to anyone other than himself.
Notre-Dame Reopens: A Restoration of Tradition?
Donald Trump’s presence at the grand reopening of Notre-Dame signals a fresh hope for the Church in America and beyond.
Putting the Nail in the (Pope’s) Coffin
Once again, the Church—to keep up an appearance of humility—has done away with an ancient ritual.
The Unrecognizable Netflix Mary
The Mary presented in the Netflix film is not the Mary I have studied and written about over the years as a Marian theologian.
Mary’s Fiat: The Choice of True Freedom
Catholics for Choice is promoting the antithesis of Our Lady, the attitude of “I will not serve” the “non servium” of Satan.
Is RFK’s Nomination to HHS an Answer to Prayer?
I believe RFK Jr. is the ideal candidate to bring about much-needed reform within the American healthcare system.
RFK is the Wrong Choice for HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history.
Scorsese’s The Saints: Some Go Marching In, While Others March Off
Martin Scorsese’s “The Saints” is an uneven treatment of great Saints, alternating from spiritually edifying to factually inaccurate and even disrespectful.
Can We Talk About J6?
The “insurrection” narrative has enjoyed unchallenged dominance for so long, the reckoning will take time. Let us finally begin to hear the truth about that fateful day.
Catholicism’s Ghost
Today’s “new spirituality,” often found within the Church, is an ugly caricature of the millennial truths of union with God set forth by the Church, her saints, and her Doctors.
Trump’s Choice for Treasury Secretary: A Huge Win for LGBTQ+
A key goal of gay Republicans and its allies had been the abrogation of the Republican Party’s anti-gay-marriage position. They succeeded.
The Death and Resurrection of Tradition
Dom Prosper Guéranger’s tireless promotion of Gregorian chant bore great cultural fruit and helped with the Catholic revival in France.
Does God Hope?
If prayer is the language of hope, the very ground and grammar of holy desire, and if the Our Father represents the greatest possible expression of that hope, why would Christ need to give voice to it himself?
Be Patriotic This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is for coming together in simple gratitude—especially after a contentious election season.
Numbed to Violence
How healthy, spiritually speaking, is watching so much movie violence for the soul of a person?
Real Population Growth Means Strong, Faith-Filled Families
A diverse coalition is concerned with our demographic decline, but we need to be careful not to choose solutions that create worse problems.