The Priest as Hercules
A perfect metaphor for the classical priest is Hercules. Sadly, the Modern priest happily sees himself as Shirley Temple, steering not the mighty Barque of Peter but the Good Ship Lollipop.
A New Wave in Catholic Education
A growing new wave in Catholic post-high-school education demonstrates a changing view of its purpose. Six new schools in particular reflect this change.
Mere Tradition
Tradition, before it is a theology or a movement, is a mood and memory. It begins in the heart and imprints itself on your soul.
The Difference Between a Good Man and a Saint
The saint, on the surface, may be all the things the respectable man is not—a holy fool, or a man of contradiction and uncouthness. He is always “a bit much.”
Should Catholics Use Someone’s “Preferred Pronouns”?
Using preferred pronouns is not a harmless concession, but the first step in a cascade of interventions that make someone a patient of “trans” medical procedures for life.
Quittin’ Time: What Happens After Work?
How do we spend our leisure time? There’s danger in both the time-wasting and workaholic responses.
Christ Our Hope
For all the turmoil of the times in which we live, our lives nevertheless remain secure because they are filled with the expectation that God has already gone to prepare a place for us.
A New Catholic College (Guests: Joseph Pearce & Fr. Dwight Longenecker)
A new Catholic college is starting up this fall in the Deep South. What makes this college unique and what does it offer for students?
The Canceled Jesuit
Conservative Fr. Paul Mankowski, S.J. was silenced while liberal dissident Jesuits like Fr. Robert Drinan, S.J. were allowed to even run for Congress.
God Is Not Time’s Adversary
Not even time itself will remain undisturbed by God having entered fully into its rhythm and flow, imbuing it with a meaning it had not known before.
Confrontational Catholicism
We’ve reached a time in our culture when Catholics need to be far more confrontational with our enemies.
Fair-Weather Traditionalism Is Over
The rumors that the TLM will be all-but-eliminated will cause much confusion among its attendees. How should they proceed?
Helplessness, Prayer, and Renewal: Nehemiah’s Guide
The prophet Nehemiah provides a biblical model for dealing with the helplessness we often feel in today’s world.
America as a Place of Spiritual Renewal
Cardinal Sarah recently praised the American Church, indicating that she can impact the universal Church by rejecting the practical atheism the European Church has embraced.
It’s Good to Preach to the Choir
Do not let anyone discourage us or tell us that it’s redundant, unnecessary, or foolish to speak the truth among our fellow Catholics.
The Ultimate D-Day
For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, the example of D-Day should remind us of another and very different battle, one which was fought a long time ago and on a far greater scale.
Fathers, Rise to Your Greatness
Echoes of the Holy Trinity ring out in the hearts of fathers. Failing to appreciate this leaves them prey to the cultural vandals.
Do Conservatives Drive People Away from the Church?
According to some critics, the main causes of the decline in churchgoing are to be attributed to conservatives. Let’s break down why that’s ridiculous.
Homer Versus Virgil
Considering the epics of Homer and Virgil will enable us to understand the epochs in which they lived and in which we live and to move toward answering them.