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.
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.
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.
The Treasured Past Is the Future
A revival of the Church will come in the restoration of Catholic culture.
The Universal Call to Lassitude
While skeptics these days are emboldened and made popular by the lemming-like suicide of our culture, for any properly catechized person, the skeptics’ superficiality and lack of common sense points back to the Faith.
Why I Fish for Fickle, Freckled Things
Fishing is an adrenalin-boosting hunt, a breath of fresh air, excitement mixed with relaxation, a time for wonder and solitude and meditation, and, sometimes, a time for camaraderie.
Defending Marriage When Church Leaders Don’t
The institution of marriage is under attack; in fact, in many ways it seems to be on its last legs. How have Catholic leaders failed in defending marriage, and how can Catholics rebuild our respect for this sacred institution?
Counseling Not Necessary for Grace in the Sacrament of Marriage
So universal has the recommendation to attend marriage counseling become that some people even assert that every married couple should be seeing a therapist.