Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church
In a new book, the superior general of the Carthusians faces up to abuses in the religious life and gives insights that have wide application to the entire abuse crisis.
Catholic Life in Tyler, Texas Under Bishop Strickland (Guest: Deacon Keith Fournier)
All eyes in the Catholic world have recently been on Tyler, Texas. Today we’ll talk to a deacon of that diocese about what it was like to live as a Catholic in the Diocese of Tyler under Bishop Strickland.
The Most Insane Reaction to Strickland’s Ousting
Enemies of Bishop Strickland came out in force in the last week, trying to one-up each other in their ludicrous accusations against the good bishop.
Who Is to Blame When Catholics Leave the Church?
Some Catholics seem to think that if we all pretend, really really hard, that everything is perfect in the Church, then it will never occur to anyone to leave.
O Death, Where Is Thy…Tickle?
For all of its fearfulness, the Church never cheated her children of death’s sublime, albeit mournful, reality.
Helping Persecuted Christians
A Pakistani Catholic family, along with many others, needs help after fleeing from Muslim persecution.
The Scales of Warriorhood
American combat veterans encountered more than they bargained for when they met the teenage boys in Boystown.
The General Judgment Will Rock
The General Judgment is when and where you find out the disposition of everyone, and you find out how they got there. It is when everything is revealed.Â
Honoring Heroes in a Time of Crisis
In the midst of a long but temporal defeat, Christians can find encouragement in glimpses of our final victory.
A Medieval Pilgrimage in the Modern World
A growing number of Catholics have placed their personal desires aside to step along the paths trodden once by the souls of medieval Christendom.Â
Blaming the Victim, Shooting the Messenger
When someone leaves Catholicism due to scandals in the Church, it does no good to accuse him of unfaithfulness or blame those who are exposing the crisis in the Church. But how should we respond?
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.
From Hysterical to Grateful
In the midst of infertility, I was tempted to give up. It was too emotionally exhausting. But the Lord was waiting to work in our lives.
On Hedgehogs and Synods
The Hedgehog knows one big thing, but our Synod Fathers (and Mothers) seemed consumed with many lesser things.
Building a Catholic Community in East Texas
Almost three years ago, to much fanfare, a new intentionally Catholic community was founded near Tyler, Texas. Since then it has faced growing pains as well as successes. What is the status today of the Veritatis Splendor community?
Catholicism Is the Only Path to Sanity
In an increasingly insane world, where up is down and men are women, Catholicism is the only hope for a return to reality.
Broken Homes Need Church Fathers
The Church must act and intercede on behalf of broken homes, for single-parent homes are connected with higher rates of substance abuse, criminality, suicide, and poverty.
Praying for Pope Francis
I am powerless to argue matters over with the Holy Father. But I’m not completely powerless, because I can pray.
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.
A Buyer’s Market in Catholic Real Estate
In recent decades, the decline of the Church has resulted in the closure and sale of a host of Catholic real estate: churches, convents, monasteries, schools, and rectories.