Beethoven and the Supersymmetry of Christ
Despite sin, death, decay, pain, and suffering, a greater harmony, greater beauty and love, exists. Beethoven captures this “supersymmetry” of Christ in music with his “Holy Hymn.”
Seeker of the Heart: A Response to Dennis Prager’s Defense of Immorality
Dennis Prager insinuated that the doctrine of Christ is foreign to the doctrine of Moses and the Prophets. Such a notion not only denigrates the Lord as a misguided innovator but also impugns Moses and the Prophets by diminishing their sublime teaching.
These Memberless Men
Eunuch-hood is now being described as a new gender category, but we should call it what it is, a madness that has seeped from the dark corners of our culture.
Taking Archbishop Paglia at His Word
The Pontifical Academy for Life assured us that, though we had seen the naked text of Archbishop Paglia’s remarks on assisted suicide, he was attired in the finest and fullest of ecclesiastical garb.
Against Feminism: Raising the Next Generation
Motherhood feels unbearable or impossible for many mothers today because modern women receive an extensive education emphasizing having a career—not children.
What Should Be Tucker Carlson’s Next Move? How ‘Bout Becoming Catholic?
Much of the requisite ideological groundwork for Carlson’s conversion to Catholicism is not only laid but deeply ingrained in him.
Eight Activities of the Renaissance Woman
What are good activities which women have always done and which seem closely tied to being a fulfilled and feminine woman?
The Magisterium of the iPhone Church
The debate over papal authority is actually a proxy for deeper questions, namely about the nature of the Church itself.
What the Mass Teaches Us About a “Welcoming” Church
The Church welcomes us to change how we think about things. What I am hearing from Synodal “listening” sessions is not that message but, instead, how the Church needs to change how she thinks about things.
Holy Father, Please Don’t Abandon Us
By referring to people who experience same-sex attraction as “homosexual persons,” you are taking away the freedom we have as children of God.
The Metalization of the Faithful
Many believe that truth is nothing more than opinion; yet they also believe that scientifically provable things are fact but not opinion.
Nefarious Is…
Nefarious is not a horror movie along the lines of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Nightmare on Elm Street. It was basically a conversation between an unbeliever and a demon. And the demon had all the muscle.
The Joy of the Habsburg Legacy
Archduke Eduard Habsburg of Austria could have seen his family legacy as a burden, but instead his family’s past and present give him great joy.
The Need for Anselm
St. Anselm (1033-1109) has much to teach our modern world about human nature and about the search for God.
The Book of Acts Does Not Support Communism
The fact that certain passages of Scripture express forms of communalism certainly does not mean they were practicing the 19th-century militantly atheistic ideology known as communism.
Cherishing the Masculinity of Boys
American culture has lost an appreciation for the manliness of men, and mothers especially are left unequipped to raise their sons as men. We try to tame them, feminize them, and teach our boys to be gentle and soft.
The Easter Expulsion at Walter Reed Hospital
The Biden administration turned Holy Week into Hell Week for Catholic servicemembers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center by evicting Catholic priests from their facility.
Is Secession the Best Way Forward?
Secession may be the most peaceful, humane means of achieving societal harmony, and it does not have to involve violence.
Evangelizing Our Reality-Denying Nonculture
How does the Church evangelize men and women of the West, who don’t even recognize basic reality?
Hilaire Belloc’s List of Eight Manly Activities
Hilaire Belloc described a handful of activities which modern industrial and urban life has all too often endangered or made extinct, but should be recovered by today’s Catholic men.