Trump’s Disturbing Support of IVF
Trump did not say he merely would tolerate the Brave New World of laboratory babies; he says now that he would make the government pay for anyone who wanted to conceive a family in a petri dish.
The Secret Seven Poets Everyone Should Know
Who are the “Secret Seven” poets who have been sadly forgotten and unjustly neglected, all but one of whom were converts to Catholicism and all of whom everyone should know?
The Choice Between Love of God and Love of Self
For St. Augustine, there are but two characters that matter above all in the human story: God and the Self.
Donald Trump and the Sovereign Rights of God
While both liberal and conservative Catholics focus on defending various human rights, we need to vote for the candidates that will most allow us to defend the rights of God.
Saved Through Childbearing
Children have a way of stretching you beyond what you think you can bear. They are both blessing and cross; joy you never thought you could experience and pain you wish you never did.
Anti-Christian Sentiment and Persecution in the Holy Land
There has been an increase in anti-Christian sentiment in the Holy Land, driven by the fervent growth of Israeli ultra-nationalism, which calls for a theocratic Jewish state.
Newman and Modern Conservatism
I can think of no greater modern warrior against liberalism, both in thought and practical action, than the great saint Cardinal John Henry Newman.
Why Synodality is a Sham
Synodality isn’t a process in which the laity’s concerns are heard; it is a process by which they are ignored.
The Importance of Walls
Beyond the matter of real estate, boundaries—walls—are indispensable for art, for science, for healthy social interchange, and for the moral and religious life itself. They are, in fact, constitutive of creation.
Mansplaining Ephesians
Too often priests feel a need to tone down or even contradict the words of Sacred Scripture when they conflict with today’s zeitgeist.
Slaying the Quid Pro Quo Beast
To resist the expanding reach of the ever-growing leviathan federal government, we need a constitutional amendment to promote subsidiarity.
Uncertain Trumpets: Cardinal Cupich and Pope Francis
From the Vatican’s embrace of a socialist dictator to Cardinal Cupich’s scandalous invocation at the Democratic National Convention, we find ourselves without leaders to guide us.
We Are Out of Our Minds
America is growing increasingly comfortable with the unaccountable and the irrational. Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech was just another piece in that scattered puzzle that threatens to be our national destiny.
If Harris Wins, It’s Nuclear Winter for the Family
The Harris program has many worrisome points of a material nature, but these pale in comparison with the war against the family, the glue holding our society together.
Changing the World, One Outfit at a Time
From public streets, restaurants, and yes, our beloved Catholic parishes, nothing is sacred anymore. And this wholesale lack of respect starts—and in my opinion ends—with how we dress for our respective days.
What Kamala Will Face
Kamala Harris, the woman appointed as the “People’s Choice,” will find it difficult going if she is elected in November.
On Reading Literature: Thoughts for Pope Francis
Pope Francis recently wrote a letter on the role of literature in priestly formation, but a former associate dean of a Catholic seminary thinks it should have gone deeper.
Tim Walz’s Stolen Valor
It’s important to address Tim Walz’s stolen valor, which has greatly incensed veterans who, having been to war, actually know the difference between soldiers who put themselves at risk and others who merely lie about it.Â
The Biological Adventure Clock
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry sets an example for men still looking for adventure in the world.