The Equalization of Religions and the Troublesome Abu Dhabi Declaration
The Abu Dhabi Declaration suggests an equalization of religions, a problem that has plagued interreligious dialogue since the beginning.
The Joys of Not Being a Scripture Scholar
Our business is to journey on in unceasing search of God, the sheer outpouring of whose Word upon the Scriptures suffuses every page with the presence of Another.
The Abortion Militancy of the Department of Defense
The DoD’s promotion of abortion – including paying for servicewomen to abort their children – puts active service members in a moral dilemma.
If You Want a Happy Marriage, Take the Marital Debt Seriously
Few subjects raise such ire and disgust as the marital debt, but it is the teaching of the universal Church, and it does matter.
Unity, Charismatic Masses, and Africa
Part Four of a response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy’s critique of the traditional Latin Mass.
Signs of Hope: A Catholic Experience of Street Evangelization
Whereas we expect to be met with hostility when we attempt to share our Faith with others, often the experience is just the opposite.
The Asbury Revival and the Long Game of Faith
While Catholics may rightly admire and be inspired by such moments as the Asbury Revival, it is important that they look beyond the moment as well.
“In the Land of Promise”: An Encounter with a Pro-Life Painting
A relatively obscure painting speaks to the Pro-Life movement, to the shifting sands of familial ideologies, and to the necessity of loving the simple and domestic realities of life.
Pope Francis’s Schism
If Pope Francis drops his nuclear bomb on Tradition, this will create a schism in the Church.
All You Need Is Love?
This past half-century or so has seen the word love dragged through the mud. Once a queen; now a harlot.
The Fallibility of Popes, According to St. Paul and St. Gregory
Infallibility is not to be generalized to all the pope’s statements, just as it must not be confused with impeccability. The pope is human and can sin like all of us. He can also be mistaken about things.
By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them
In our increasingly all-present welfare state, we must realize that working for our daily bread is not a necessary evil but a means to ensuring man’s dignity and humanity.
You Need to Fast More
Is modern man not cut out to fast? Should we only strive to achieve the Church’s very minimal standard of fasting?
Countering Assaults on Innocence This Lent
What we might perceive as an insignificant sacrifice God can use to achieve something grand.
What Should We Think About the Pavone Affair?
How should faithful Catholics respond to the Pavone Affair, and second, what should Frank Pavone himself do or not do?
Are Conservatives Embracing a New Kind of Welfare?
Pro-family legislation is not “a new kind of welfare” nor is it a rejection of small government. It is an attempt to return power back to the people.
The Genesis of the Novus Ordo and “Theological and Spiritual Flaws” of the TLM
Part Three of a response to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy’s critique of the traditional Latin Mass.
Preaching in a Time of Misdirecting Shepherds
Too many shepherds try to tempt us to accept the false teachings of our culture. How do we live when even our shepherds want to lead us astray?
Four Scores Just Sixty Years Ago?
We are not confusing the blogosphere with reality about Vatican II. We are lamenting the confusion born from ambiguity and the party strife born from both.
Father Elijah in a Nutshell
One of the particular strengths of Father Elijah is the way in which O’Brien brings his eponymous hero to fully-fledged and fully-fleshed life.