Musically Elevating the Novus Ordo
The one change that any parish can implement right now that will begin the much-needed process of restoration of the Mass is fostering the use of good liturgical music.
The 8-Year Betrayal of Chinese Catholics
No one can fail to see the irony of the excommunication of the SSPX in view of the renewed Vatican deal with the CCP and their ongoing consecrations of bishops without papal oversight or pre-approval.
A-Trophy of Faith: Brazil’s Catholics Despair Over the Changing Religion of Its Failing Soccer Team
Brazil’s early World Cup exit has been blamed on its soccer team’s lack of Catholic faith, but are the country’s faithful just sporting a grievance?
Did Homeschooling in America Start with Catholic Parents?
The natural duty and right to educate your children according to your beliefs can easily be lost, once again, if we are not vigilant.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part XVI
The great gift of Being rather than nothingness can only be reciprocated with gratitude.
The Liturgical Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Rather than being honored and carefully preserved, the very Mass that formed St. Thérèse of Lisieux into a saint is today maligned and persecuted.
I Can’t Not Do This: Addiction or Vocation?
I don’t want a deathbed on which I finally have to face the fact that countless hours of my life, which could have been used loving God, have instead been squandered chasing the faux promise behind flashing pixels.
The Crisis of Masculinity Is Really a Crisis of Friendship
The first principle for men is not work, training, intellectual development, or even marriage, it is male friendship. With it, men, marriage, and society are stronger. Without it, everything unravels.
A Brief History of the Old Catholics
Many people are now well familiar with Lefebvre in the post-Vatican II period, but probably don’t know about Döllinger and the “Old Catholics,” who arose following Vatican Council I.
Kneeling Before the World, 60 Years On
As the crisis in the Church continues to deepen and metastasize, faithful Catholics, by their confirmation, are called to remain steadfast in the faith of their fathers.
Reparations Now—Make Rapists Pay Their Fair Share!
If Dame Sarah Mullally is so concerned about historic injustices and parish life, surely she would be even more keen to raise funds for reparations for current and recent injustices, wouldn’t she?
Arguing Like St. Thomas Aquinas
When fierce arguments break out between Catholics, particularly online, they sadly have been marked by personal attacks and uncharitable accusations about the motives of others.
The Therapeutic Erasure of Sin
The replacement of moral language with psychological and sociological frameworks has not only obscured the reality of sin but has systematically dismantled the conditions necessary for encountering the Gospel.
Wake Up!—We Are in the Last Minute of Extra Time: The Descent into Devilry
Prayer draws down the Holy Spirit into our souls to form the Church, the true gathering which no spirit can scatter.
The Via Pulchritudinis: Raphael at the Met
Sacred art displayed in secular museums is perpetually diminished by purely aesthetic framing that strips it of theological meaning, and so, the intent of the artist.
Defenders and Offenders of the Faith
In King Charles’s latest attempt to distance himself from Christianity, he seems to have abandoned the title “Defender of the Faith,” which British monarchs have claimed for themselves for the past 500 years.
The Theology of Finger Pointing: The Sophie Cunningham Moment
A twenty-two second point became a memeable moment because everyone intuitively recognized the virtue of standing up against injustice for the good of a friend.
Dear Mr. Jefferson: A Letter From the Smallest American
If all people are “created equal,” then it seems to entail that personhood is bestowed at the moment we are created, that is, the moment we are conceived.
The SSPX’s Foundational Error
While the SSPX (rightly) presents its dispute with the Vatican as one of doctrine, it ignores its own doctrinally problematic elephant in the room.