The Slow Resurrection of God’s Most Wounded Ones
A shelter founded by a priest for teenage girls who have escaped from human trafficking is directly engaged in the battle for souls.
Robert E. Lee and the Nine Worthies
Is it a good thing for a Catholic publication to promote the life of Robert E. Lee as an example to be imitated?
Jihad in Fargo?
A recent attack in Fargo, North Dakota at first seemed to be another senseless act of violence. But evidence is emerging that it might have been a jihad attack.
What If We’re the Meanies Here?
David Brooks never bothers to consider who makes the country mean. Rather, he continues to flatter himself and his audience, cynically affirming a toxic outlook that divides and demoralizes a majority of the population.
The First Thing About Work Is Getting Out of Bed
It is good for people to work together. It is good for people to get out of their beds, bedrooms, and houses to associate with different people for part of the day in order to do something, maybe even something creative.
The Digitalization of the Faithful
How does it impact the faithful when one can become engrossed in a virtual world in which most of the rules of reality no longer apply, losing touch with the real world, and at times wondering which is really the real world?
Is AI “Sacred” Art Actually Sacrilegious?
Sacred art is a uniquely human participation in the divine creative work, made possible by the fact that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God.
On the Trail of Ignatius
The life of St. Ignatius of Antioch was connected to other great figures in the early Church, not least being St. John the Evangelist.
The Death of a Boy and the Founding of Families
Nine-year-old Michael Harrill inspired everyone who saw him bravely fight a year-long battle against a pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma.
A Tale of Two Styles: Why Modesty Matters
Modesty isn’t just about clothes, it’s about the state of our hearts, but what we wear says something about us and how we view the world.
Progress!
In this land we live in now, people are so dis-integrated that they have often no love for the bodies God gave them but, instead, must have them mutilated, just as their families so often have been.
Alarms About the St. Michael Prayer
The idea that it is wrong to pray the St. Michael Prayer after Mass is only something that could be believed by a rubricist out of touch with reality.
Performative Catholicism
Once society allows individuals to claim an identity grounded exclusively in emotion or desire, anyone can claim to be a practicing Catholic no matter their beliefs or actions.
The Ongoing Debate Over Dignitatis Humanae
The ambiguity of Dignitatis Humanae could lead to an end of the debate surrounding it.
Was John the Baptist “Welcoming”?
Since “welcoming” is a contemporary obsession of some ecclesiastics, and Vatican II instructed us to better ground our theology in Sacred Scripture, we can profit from examining John the Baptist’s approach to “welcoming.”
The True Spirit of Scouting
I derived a huge number of benefits from my participation in scouting, but at a time when it has morphed into something unrecognizable, I cannot help but want to muse on what scouting really means.
How to Destroy a State With the Help of the Church
As liberal lawmakers destroyed the state of New York, Catholic Church leaders stood by and assisted in its demise.
What Exactly Are Conservatives Conserving?
Conservatives have lost cultural battle after cultural battle over the decades, and now many of them want to conserve those losses.
The Power of Theme Songs
Throughout music history, popular tunes have formed the basis of arrangements, fantasias, and variation suites.
Loving the Obese
The accusation that Anthony’s song is not loving one’s neighbor misses the point. The blunt observations are, indeed, an act of charity, in that they expose both material and spiritual realities.