Truth and Tradition: Seeing the Future in the Light of the Past
To exclude the past, and with it tradition, is to exclude God who stands outside of all time.
The SSPX is Not the Problem
The problem is that the Catholic Church has been attempting to modernize itself over the past six decades plus in order to accommodate itself to modern society.
How to Protest Without Fear of Getting Shot
Laws govern our right to assemble and protest peacefully, and obeying them, or not, is what separates legitimate protest from riot.
The Novel That Predicted Much of the Modern Papacy
You’ll find surprising parallels between the modern papacy and an obscure work of fiction that paints a curiously clear-sighted vision of what was unthinkable in 1904.
Deathbed Conversions and the Limits of Pascal’s Wager: Scott Adams and the Question of Authentic Faith
In Christian theology, salvation is not a bureaucratic threshold or an actuarial table. It rests on repentance, confession of sin, and genuine faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
Is a Leonine Unity Even Possible?
Pope Leo is earnest about working for unity within the Church. But can he achieve it by simply dialoguing with all sides?
The Return of the Ring
With the re-release of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, it’s a good time to revisit the Christian themes that pervaded J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing.
Is Global Homo More Dangerous Than Islam?
The Sexual Revolution has taken exponentially more American lives and wounded more Americans than Islamism.
Catholics: First and Final Defense Against IVF
The Catholic Church was not only the first to warn against IVF and its consequences, but it is also now the work of today’s Church to be the final defense against the practice of IVF too.
Bishops Burning Bridges
As much as the American public is shocked by the ongoing DOGE revelations of our abuse by the Federal government, betrayal by spiritual leaders is infinitely worse.
RIP, DEI: The End of Our Captivity
The reign of DEI was a captivity, in which normal folks were terrified to speak openly, lest they be overheard and dismissed from employment, or worse.
RFK and the Silencing of Debate
The resistance to RFK from the medical community might be due to corruption and greed. But it might just boil down to our instinct to enforce social conformity.
Anti-Catholic Revolution and Catholic Revival
The 18th century was a low point for the Church, particularly in France. But François-René de Chateaubriand would sow the seeds of the Catholic revival in France.
Bill Maher: The Prophet We Need?
Bill Maher, of all people, exposed the lie behind the Republicans’ supposed opposition to abortion.
Dignitas Infinita and the Idolization of Man
With Dignitas Infinita, we see the crown jewel of a fully-entrenched anthropocentrism, one that stains the window panes of the post-conciliar Church.
Remaining Faithfully Catholic Near the End of the Francis Pontificate
It’s a narrow road for faithful Catholics in the Francis pontificate; we must reject the spiritually cancerous belief that Francis is not the pope while resisting spiritually damaging teachings.
The Pink Synod
Certain seminaries became pink palaces, where seminarians and priests commonly shrugged away their vows of chastity, treating such sins with a thoroughly modern wink and a nudge.
Twilight in Tyler
Many of us heard the voice of a shepherd in Bishop Strickland and moved to Tyler, Texas in response. It’s a gut punch to lose him now.
Bishop Strickland Becomes a Victim for the Church He Loves
The removal of Bishop Joseph Strickland is the culmination of a process that began on a cold morning in Baltimore five years ago today.
The Hyperinflation of the Papacy
The role of the papacy in the minds of too many Catholics has morphed from being the center of Church unity to the source of Church teaching.
