What Happened at St. Patrick’s Cathedral?
If the nonsense at St. Patrick’s had happened on my watch, I think I would have stopped the whole carnival, turned off the microphones and lights, and called the cops.
February: a President and a Pope
The reigns of Ronald Reagan and Pope Benedict XVI resemble one another because both presided over periods of “Restoration” and were followed by a further fall.
JFK’s Other Assassination
Ngo Dinh Diem, the first President of South Vietnam, and JFK were both Catholics, though Catholics of very different persuasions.
Renouncing the “High-Value Man”
It is true that we desperately need good men. Masculinity is a good and necessary gift from God. But we need masculine men, not “high-value men.”
The Imperiled Palestinian Christians
Though reports indicate an alarmingly indiscriminate approach by Israeli Defense Forces, a presenting pattern of Christian targets is suggestive that Christian sites are actually being targeted by Israeli forces.
Our Unhappy Youth
Many young people appear to have fallen into the most antihuman way of life that any civilization has ever settled into.
Spiritual Warfare: Bring in the Reserves
The Holy Spirit is awakening soldiers and has gone out in the back alleys and byways to enlist them.
Arm Wrestling the World for God
The solution to the Church’s distress lies right before us. Will spiritual leaders and laity choose to see it—or reject it because of the cost?
AI “Girlfriends” Prove Modern Men Don’t Think Women Are Human
Pause for a moment and consider what it means to conceive of a woman as something which could compete with a “virtual girlfriend.”
Courage at What Cost?
What is it about our bishops that keeps them so supine? Are there not any around willing to talk back to Rome?
Against Adopting a Medieval-Peasant Mindset
I aver that the medieval peasant mindset, much like its Bronze Age predecessor, is one of the new crop of meme ideologies that have so aggressively multiplied in cyberspace over the past few years.
The False Christ of The Chosen
Just when we thought we had blessedly stamped out the cartoon, CCD “Jesus,” a newer, slicker incarnation of this caricature has seeped back into the Catholic Church in the form of “The Chosen”.
Ex Corde Ecclesiae Still Matters
Progressive Catholics would try and convince Catholics that Ex Corde Ecclesiae is obsolete. Don’t be fooled.
Facing the Peril of Docetism
At the heart of the Docetist denial is horror at the prospect of God—a purely spiritual being, untouched by the material world in any way—actually becoming one of us.
Letter to the American Church
The movie “Letter to the American Church” is a ringing call to Christian pastors and bishops to speak up before the window closes, as it did in Germany in the 1930s.
Western Civilization Lives
We are the inheritors of the most profound culture the world has ever known, and not even the modern barbarians can destroy it.
The False Christianity of “He Gets Us”
The “He Gets Us” advertisements do not display true Christianity but, instead, a regime-approved Christianity.
Of “Healing Priests” and Other Strange Intrusions
What is absent in enthusiasm is a humility before the example of the saints, who never prayed with external display or manic delirium but always with a calm and chastened manner.
The Ashes of Valentine
Since Valentine’s Day lands on the same day as Ash Wednesday this year, it is an invitation to consider what these two days have in common.
Ashes to Go
The distribution of ashes in the context of the liturgy points to the deep union of liturgy with all sacramental life, including blessings.