Forming Our Kids Through Movies
Parents can use “movie night” with their kids to teach valuable lessons on how to live as Catholics.
The Anti-Body “Harvesting” of Dead People’s Tattoos
The latest fad of “harvesting” the tattoos of dead people is another sign of our culture’s disrespect for the human body.
Truths Unlooked For
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a return to the good action/adventure/sci-fi romp, with excellent story and spectacle and no wokeness. More surprisingly, it’s also profound thanks to its shocking religious themes.
Glimmering Hope in the Night of Postmodernity: Exploring the Music of Arvo Pärt
Any Catholic interested in a revival of the arts and questions relating to their place and expression in the face of modernity should discover Arvo Pärt.
The Joys of Gender
What appears to be a perfectly natural and normal sexual identity has now become nothing more than a social construct, thus enabling people endlessly to experiment with their biological being, juggling one or more genders at a time.
Thirsting for Souls
Unlike Dennis Prager’s “silo approach” to sin, the Christian view of sin includes a wholesome, integrated view of the human person.
What Is a Mother?
Roe v. Wade taught Americans that the value and even acknowledgment of the fact of motherhood lies not in motherhood but in one’s attitude toward it.
Don’t Be the Slow Gazelle
Women must protect themselves and recognize that there are aggressive men out there.
The Latest Hollywood Writers Strike Is Doomed to Fail
The Hollywood Writers Guild wants to go back to the good ol’ days where the work was steady, the audiences were guaranteed, and they didn’t have to compete with other options. However, those days are over.
Just Plain Stupid
The technological marvels of our era have promoted mass vanity, the delusion that we are the masters of our destiny: a perfect storm for mass stupidity.
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.
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.
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.
Evangelizing Our Reality-Denying Nonculture
How does the Church evangelize men and women of the West, who don’t even recognize basic reality?
The Age of Artificial Intelligence (Guest: Dr. Eugene Gan)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating the news, particularly with the release of ChatGPT. But what is AI and should Catholics embrace this technology or be wary of it?
When Gods Descend
The story of Zeus forcing himself upon Leda contrasts sharply with the invitation of the true God to the young girl of Nazareth.
Why So Serious?
What young people need most right now is not so much understanding, compassion, antidepressants, or therapy; they need a good belly laugh, preferably at their own expense.