Transcending the World
St. Augustine, for all that he’s immersed in a disintegrating world, has at the same time quite succeeded in transcending it—thanks to the grace of a conversion that will literally lift him above circumstance.
The Protestant Work Ethic vs. the Catholic Siesta
A society based on the Protestant Work Ethic, a society with no siestas, is an anti-human society that treats human beings like machines.
Living in a Conviction-less Age
Christians’ lack of conviction was the catalyst for Christ being removed from the cultural throne of the West. Instead, we have accepted a bland, banal, suburban counterfeit that requires very little sacrifice or suffering.
The Post-Vatican II Pseudo-Spiritual Movement
With the demise of the traditional, God-centered spirituality that once thrived in the Church, new secular missionaries rushed in to introduce their man-centered sociopsychological therapies of one form or another.
Coming Home
For Catholics, it is not simply the church or churches of our childhood or youth that are home. It is every Catholic Church or Chapel from whence the sacraments are administered.
Questioning Narratives
More and more people argue that we should not accept dominant narratives at face value, especially when those who vigorously promote these narratives advance their own power base in doing so.
Cultural Fragmentation and the Need for a New Catholic Renaissance
Today, as we confront an era of ideological polarization, social fragmentation, and a pervasive sense of disorientation, the question arises: Is this another moment that calls for a Catholic renaissance?
What’s Really at Stake with the WWII Debate
The debate over Churchill and World War II effectively calls into question the current Western political order.
A Pre-Debate Huddle
Our government officials and representatives do not hold enshrined any philosophic, anthropological, or religious principle or principles to guide them in wisdom toward the common good.
Go Forth in Dance
The animosity toward dancing found in some traditionalist Catholic communities reveals an imagination that is deeply out of touch with our Christian culture.
A Little Hatred Might Yet Save Us
We are always asking the question, “What went wrong with the Church?” There is an answer too rarely considered: we abandoned hatred of the world.
Unheeded Wisdom in the Economic Wasteland
Wilhelm Röpke developed what was called “humane economics,” which placed the dignity of the human person at the core of economic thought, theory, and practice.
The Dire Political and Spiritual Consequences of our Health Crisis
The modern American diet makes us listless and addicted, which is a recipe for disaster in both the political and spiritual realms.
All the Right People Hate Trump
The legacy media, the elite academy, the Democratic Party, and the national security state all hate Trump, and they hate him because they hated us first.
Wife, Mother, Grandmother…and Pro-Life Prisoner
The husband of pro-life heroine Joan Andrews Bell reflects on the past year of Joan’s incarceration for peacefully trying to stop a late-term abortionist.
How Do We Know Which Locker Room Is “Appropriate?”
The ambiguity wreaked by gender confusion makes any interpretation of what is “appropriate” open to debate.
A New Era in American Politics: The Kennedy-Trump Alliance
Both Trump and RFK Jr. have become utterly disillusioned with a party that promotes the antithesis of American core values that its forefathers envisioned, which included individualism, equality, diversity, unity, liberty, and self-government (democracy).
The Battle of the Sexes Belongs in the Home
What is lost in this conversation about the roles of men and women in the family is the defining characteristic of a home as economic, the very meaning of “economics” being “household management.”
Bankrupt Dioceses Need to Fail
Dioceses that are currently in or heading toward financial bankruptcy have already suffered from decades of moral bankruptcy that led to these monetary woes.
Getting Our Spiritual Foundations Right
Moral Spirituality replaced Mystical Spirituality in the Church, which led to disastrous consequences we still live with today.