Do Synod Doubters Really Trust the Holy Spirit?
History has demonstrated that the Holy Spirit has a way of confounding conventional expectations.
The Treasured Past Is the Future
A revival of the Church will come in the restoration of Catholic culture.
The Roots of Our Disrespect for Life
Contraception precipitates abortion. To be against abortion but silent on contraception is like being against racism but silent on bigotry.
The Universal Call to Lassitude
While skeptics these days are emboldened and made popular by the lemming-like suicide of our culture, for any properly catechized person, the skeptics’ superficiality and lack of common sense points back to the Faith.
The Guilty Pleasures of Violence
Are we letting our video-game mentality toward violence, rather than a Catholic view, affect how we want to respond to real-world violence?
Diálogo de Sordos: Catholic Discussion of the Immigration Chaos
Some have accused the Church of being complicit in creating the broken mess of the immigration system. That is like blaming the staff of the emergency room attending gunshot victims for the violence in the streets.
Blessing a Sterile Parody
Same-sex unions are not even unions, only a parody, both sad and sterile, of a relation that is not real.
An Irish Oasis of Adoration
Silverstream Priory, consisting of traditional Benedictines with a special charism of perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, helps point us to the importance of a Eucharistic Revival.
Lessons From the Peace Emperor
Blessed Karl should be a model for those who oppose war today. He was an honorable man, and it was this honorable nature that led him to prioritize peace over lesser interests.
Why I Fish for Fickle, Freckled Things
Fishing is an adrenalin-boosting hunt, a breath of fresh air, excitement mixed with relaxation, a time for wonder and solitude and meditation, and, sometimes, a time for camaraderie.
Bitter Pills
Being “pastoral” is good, but it can often serve as a lazy cover for not dishing out the bitter medicine the congregant needs to swallow.
Minors’ Gender “Transitioning”: Just Askin’
There are a whole host of questions that can be raised to show the inconsistencies of those who advocate for young people to gender “transition.”
The Popessa Meets the Pope
The Church is in a bad way when her pope alienates faithful Catholics while bonding with her detractors.
Convincing Catholics That Abortion Is a Sacred Act
Pro-abortion forces in Ohio have enlisted Catholics and their most sacred images in an effort to pretend that the Church has suddenly become an ally in the war against the unborn.
Ask Mary to Save Us From the Synod on Synodality
We must draw upon the Blessed Mother, the conqueror of all heresies, in response to the busybodies running the Synod show.
Reading Laudate Deum through the Lens of the World Economic Forum in Light of the Synod on Synodality
Are we witnessing the hollowing out of the Catholic Church’s origins, foundation, mission, and liturgy—including the proclamation of the Gospel—for purposes extraneous to the Church?
Male and Female He Made Them
It is no surprise that the call to ordain (or to pretend to ordain) women as priests comes mainly from people who wish to marry (or to pretend to marry) a man with a man or a woman with a woman.
Counseling Not Necessary for Grace in the Sacrament of Marriage
So universal has the recommendation to attend marriage counseling become that some people even assert that every married couple should be seeing a therapist.
Should the Laity Ignore the Synod on Synodality?
Given that the advice offered to the pope during the synodal proceedings will likely contain at least some errors and ambiguities, most lay Catholics are probably better served by simply ignoring the Synod proceedings.
Illegal Immigration and the Catholic Church: Follow the Money
Is the Church enabling criminality and facilitating the oppression of the immigrants we are hoping to help?