How Did This Happen?
A sacrilegious music video filmed in a Catholic church raises many questions of how such a thing could have happened in the first place.
Beauty Belongs in the Public Square
A new grotesque fountain sculpture in Vienna is sadly a reflection of our age.
Pilgrim Music
Modern masters of lust scream and shout their rock songs, but medieval peasants sing of beauty, salvation, and death to their mother.
100% Proof Spirits? G.K. Chesterton and Belief in Ghosts
The fact that seasonal stories of spooks and specters are now spoken of in terms of “proof” and “evidence,” not simple “belief” and “faith,” is symptomatic of a wider spiritual malaise in our society—one first spotted by G.K. Chesterton over a century ago.
Living in Lantua
Dystopia doesn’t judge as much as it observes and predicts. If we do A, then B will happen. Hence, dystopia has come to be a means of critiquing society in a way that gets past our ideological barriers.
The War of the Worlds: Faith vs. Cowardice
Though typically memorialized as one of the earliest exemplars of the science-fiction genre, “War of the Worlds” offers a biting commentary on the futility and uselessness of the theologically-inclined, and especially clerics.
The Sad Phenomenon of “Gray Divorce”
Well over a third of couples getting divorced are over the age of 50. What is causing this rise in “gray divorce”?
To Be Based or Not to Be Based
To be Catholic today often means to be “based.” But there are dangers to chasing after baseness.
Why Are Americans Having Fewer Children Than They Want?
Americans may desire to have more children, but their lives are often orchestrated in a way that makes that seem impossible.
Why Is the West in Such a Mess?
The crisis of legitimacy we are currently experiencing is but a symptom of the slow death of Western civilization.
The Pseudo-Primitive, Pseudo-Childlike Art of Fr. Rupnik
Everywhere you turn in the Catholic Church of the last fifty years, you find the spirit of Rupnik. All of the pseudo-primitive pseudo-childlike church art since my boyhood has been of a piece.
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.
The Power of Theme Songs
Throughout music history, popular tunes have formed the basis of arrangements, fantasias, and variation suites.
How to Woke-Proof Your Life (Guest: Teresa Mull)
Wokeness surrounds us, from government to Hollywood to corporations to social media, and it impacts us in negative ways big and small. What are practical ways we can escape its grasp in our own lives?
Restoring a Diverse Catholic Unity
With the breakdown of Christendom and the loss of any sort of Christian identity, we are experiencing a period of cultural homogeneity determined by the reigning power.
Is It a Sin to Watch Oppenheimer?
The inclusion of a sex scene with nudity in the movie “Oppenheimer” recently generated huge controversy in the Catholic world. What are the moral implications of watching such scenes and supporting such movies?
Renaissance Jazz: Grooving in Style
Improvisation is one of Jazz’s distinctive features. One of the more recently recovered practices of Renaissance music, however, is also improvisation.
Get Out of the Cave and Enter the Real World
If we could sum up the problem with the so-called modern age, it would be that we suffer from a break with reality.
You Have a Fast Car
The fast car stands for breaking away, breaking free. We’ve been there, burdened down by responsibilities, struggling paycheck to paycheck, living in a poor part of town, looking for a better life—will things ever get better?