A Spiritual Weapon for Our Time
The Shroud of Turin has survived over the centuries to provide us with a weapon to defeat the lies of the Evil One in our day.
Lennon’s “Imagine” and Carter’s Ignorance
John Lennon’s “Imagine” is an anthem for relativism, and its implications would certainly contradict some of the Bible School lessons the ex-president imparted regularly for most of his adult life.
Muslim Rape Gangs As Religious Warfare
The Muslim rape gangs in the United Kingdom are acts of a religious war against a people whom the perpetrators consider to be conquered.
Nosferatu: Old-World Devils and New-World Victims
Nosferatu is a hauntingly beautiful film about horrifically ugly things and, in so doing, makes a compelling case to retain a spiritual center in a world where the spiritual has been relegated to a place of unimportance.
Unsung Heroines of the Early Church
Let us look at some holy women of the early centuries of the Church who are not well known.
Trump’s Push for CanMerica: Is This for Real?
It’s unlikely that the Donald is serious about making Canada a new state, but for the sake of it, let’s consider what that would mean and what it would take to make it a reality.
See No Evil
The newly appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C. sadly shares the assumption prevalent among liberal theological and exegetes, that the Scripture contains, as Hans Kung put it, a lot of “trash.”
A System Is What It Does: On Cardinal McElroy’s Appointment
The Church, at least in its administrative aspect, is a patronage system, and the purpose of ecclesiastical appointments is to create powerful patrons who protect and promote clients.
Telling Lies and Getting Away With It
Scholars like Elaine Pagels have been lying for years about Christianity, but in spite of that fact (or perhaps because of it), they are lionized by the media as experts.
Dietrich von Hildebrand and the Latin Mass
Enemies of the Latin Mass condemn it as fascist and oppressive, yet the same man who took a stand against Nazism when it was actually dangerous to do so would later take his stand against the freewheeling liturgical “reforms.”
The FBI: Secularism, Service, and Security
Today’s FBI and its masters in the Department of Justice are increasingly seen as disloyal, cowardly, immoral, and not deserving of the public’s trust.
Nails and Other Instruments of Death
As I watch my son fall asleep just miles from the New Orleans attack, I can’t help but contemplate the end of all things.
Living in a Fake World: A New Year’s Recognition
“Don’t believe everything you see or read” isn’t a new or surprising proposition for those of us trying to stay awake if not woke. But now “don’t believe everything” is turning into “don’t believe anything.”
Yes, January 6th Was an Insurrection
The Left has relentlessly repeated that January 6, 2021 was an insurrection by the Right. An insurrection did begin that day, but it was the Left who engineered it.
MAGA: What’s Missing?
Expecting to make America great without strong families is like racing your 800-horsepower Ferrari 812 Superfast in reverse.
Cicero and Augustine
What will God, whose chief instrument is often irony, choose as His weapon to pull Augustine back from the brink? A book by Cicero.
Ugly Buildings, Beautiful Priests
While our local diocese is full of horrible-looking churches, it is also full of faithful priests.
Billionaires and Visas
Immigration reform is a complicated business, often related to the inherent contradictions in our economic system. There are many unemployed, but there are also surpluses of jobs that are not filled.
Chicago: Where Eucharistic Revival Goes to Die
Layer upon layer of Eucharistic practice was constructed over the millennia as protection against the slightest attenuation of Catholic doctrine regarding the Eucharist. For over sixty years, it has been breached.
How to Raise the Dead
When the spiritual bricks are firm in their foundation, and you are in a state of grace, could there be natural steps you can take to bring yourself back from the proverbial dead and reclaim your raison d’être?