Anatomy of a Catholic Classic: Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair at 75
“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering in order that they may have existence.” (Léon Bloy, epigraph to The End of the Affair)
“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering in order that they may have existence.” (Léon Bloy, epigraph to The End of the Affair)
To form a proper moral judgment on this conflict, Catholics need to know the real history of America’s troubled relations with Iran and the source of its conflict with this ancient civilization.
It seems to me that many young people, and people entering their thirties, are too anxious to make life choices grounded in practicalities, natural desires, and the normal flow of life.
What began as the “live and let live” slogan of the LGBT is ending in prison time for anyone who dares to say, “this is wrong,” and “what you are doing is sinful.”
The rupture between Pope Leo and the Trump Administration threatens to weaken both American diplomacy and the Church’s moral voice.
Noelia Castillo, a young Spanish woman, chose assisted suicide after repeated sexual assaults, addiction, and paralysis. The deeper tragedy, however, is that she was not shown another way out in time.
While an act may violate the requirement for a pontifical mandate, it does not necessarily juridically constitute a rupture of communion or schism.
We debate spend billions on supplements, medications, and biohacking trends; meanwhile, we ignore one of the most powerful and accessible tools for restoring human health.
We believe, as Christians, that human history is not just a series of meaningless, random events; rather, we are part of a Larger Story. So, are we in the End?
Apart from developing a reputation for virtue and intellectual acumen, one of the least recognizable members of the Court, Justice Samuel Alito, is also one of the foremost defenders of religious liberty.
The competing Easter messages of Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump couldn’t be more diametrically opposed.
Artemis II reminds us of our potential for magnificence, what can happen when we take God’s beautiful gift of reason and apply it for good.
We do not believe in Christ’s resurrection because it makes a nice ending or stirs sympathy. We believe it because it is true.
Without an interior life of love, prayer, sacrifice, and repentance, even sound doctrine can’t stop the moral collapse and spiritual bankruptcy in the Church.
The ‘God question’ grips every person inescapably, for none so much, ironically, as the proclaimed atheist.
Few clergy will address, in specificity, the broadening third rail of LGBT ideologies, that each day seem to add to our multifaceted civilizational moral collapse.
War points to one of humanity’s most persistent temptations: to put down the Cross and pick up a sword in its place.
No matter what one may think of Nick Fuentes, it’s unquestionably true that he was right about Donald Trump and the Iran War.
It is not only seemly but profoundly human for a grown man to weep in solidarity with our suffering savior, who wept in solidarity with our human suffering.