Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church
In a new book, the superior general of the Carthusians faces up to abuses in the religious life and gives insights that have wide application to the entire abuse crisis.
Twilight in Tyler
Many of us heard the voice of a shepherd in Bishop Strickland and moved to Tyler, Texas in response. It’s a gut punch to lose him now.
The Most Insane Reaction to Strickland’s Ousting
Enemies of Bishop Strickland came out in force in the last week, trying to one-up each other in their ludicrous accusations against the good bishop.
Silence in the Face of the Homosexual Infestation of the Clergy
As long as active clergy homosexual activity persists, the Church will continue to fracture and split, where eventually it will all but collapse and disappear.
Who Is to Blame When Catholics Leave the Church?
Some Catholics seem to think that if we all pretend, really really hard, that everything is perfect in the Church, then it will never occur to anyone to leave.
Ruling vs. Leading the Church
In Pope Francis’s favorite book “The Lord of the World,” the fictional pope does not lead but rules the Church. Ecclesiastical power is centralized in his person. The Cardinal Legates are his supervisors of the local Church. Some might see a pattern here.
Unsung Heroes of Christendom
We need to recognize those lesser-known saints whose lives of heroic self-sacrifice have been forgotten, the heroes who helped build Christendom.
A Catechism to Reclaim Catechisms
An ever-expanding mushroom cloud of doctrinal madness presently afflicts the Church, but a new catechism promises a sure sign of hope for the future.
O Death, Where Is Thy…Tickle?
For all of its fearfulness, the Church never cheated her children of death’s sublime, albeit mournful, reality.
Bishop Strickland Becomes a Victim for the Church He Loves
The removal of Bishop Joseph Strickland is the culmination of a process that began on a cold morning in Baltimore five years ago today.
Helping Persecuted Christians
A Pakistani Catholic family, along with many others, needs help after fleeing from Muslim persecution.
The Protestant Mary Isn’t the True Mary
The new movie “Journey to Bethlehem” reveals the dramatic difference in worldview between Catholics and Protestants.
Ignatius and Polybius
According to St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop occupies a seat of governance no less authoritative than that of God Himself.
The Scales of Warriorhood
American combat veterans encountered more than they bargained for when they met the teenage boys in Boystown.
The General Judgment Will Rock
The General Judgment is when and where you find out the disposition of everyone, and you find out how they got there. It is when everything is revealed.Â
We Live Among Barbarians
The vote to enshrine abortion in Ohio should be a revelation to us: we live among barbarians who do not care about human life in the womb.
Honoring Heroes in a Time of Crisis
In the midst of a long but temporal defeat, Christians can find encouragement in glimpses of our final victory.
The Hyperinflation of the Papacy
The role of the papacy in the minds of too many Catholics has morphed from being the center of Church unity to the source of Church teaching.
A Medieval Pilgrimage in the Modern World
A growing number of Catholics have placed their personal desires aside to step along the paths trodden once by the souls of medieval Christendom.Â
How Did This Happen?
A sacrilegious music video filmed in a Catholic church raises many questions of how such a thing could have happened in the first place.