The Story of Salvation Is Restoration
One shouldn’t be shamed in being labeled a restorationist. God is a restorationist. All of us who are Catholic should be restorationists.
The Unattainability of Perfect Justice
Here we see the pathos, the sheer sadness that impinges at every turn upon the pursuit and practice of justice. There can be no end to the business of making things fair, definitively and purely so. Not in this life anyway.
Elon Musk, Flawed Defender of Big Families
Billionaire Elon Musk has come out as a proponent of big families, but his understanding of the role of children and their parents leaves a lot to be desired.
A Conciliar Church on a Path to Schism With the Council Itself
The Holy Spirit at Vatican II protected the Church from casting its lot with what has been a colossal failure. But now it appears that that connection is going to be made, nearly sixty years later.
The “Catholic Case for Biden” That Never Was
The “Catholic case for Biden” was always an attempt to subvert the hierarchy of moral issues and to either equivocate or deny the preeminence of abortion as the gravest moral evil of our day.
Why Jordan Peterson’s Surrender on Same-Sex “Marriage” Is Tragic
Jordan Peterson has just released an interview that cannot fail to shock many who have followed Jordan Peterson as a conservative thinker, as it undermines traditional morality in ways that leave one a bit shell-shocked.
The Pro-Abortion Movement’s Propaganda Victims
Whatever her name or story, a 10-year-old girl has become an unfortunate pawn in a national pro-abortion propaganda war that is not so much interested in the truth as point scoring.
It’s Time for a Greater Reset
What Pope Pius XI called a “restructuring of the social order” as an application of Catholic social teaching offers a greater reset than anything imagined by proponents or opponents of The Great Reset gang.
Will You Spend Time with Him This Summer?
The positives of summer are plentiful. Many people point out, however, that the summer months are lacking in prayer and God. Personal prayer for many in the summer can be borderline non-existent.
Lord of the World in a Nutshell
Lord of the World foresees with astonishing prescience the rise of the cult of personality, long before the rise of Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler
The Storm Is Over, Mommy
God’s providence shines through, even in the midst of sorrow, changing jobs, moving, and praying for a miracle.
An Audience for All Seasons: The Life of Sister Bernadette of the Cross
The life of Sister Bernadette of the Cross is a story worth reading and sharing with anyone who has suffered in today’s crushing culture.
Don’t Be Fooled By “Nice”
A person’s agreeable personality traits and a natural likeability do not equate to virtue and trustworthiness, but we tend to sideline reason when the “nice” makes us feel good.
Has Modern Media Created the Ultramontane Papacy?
The rise of the popular Catholic press was crucial to the development of ultramontane sentiment on a popular level in the nineteenth century, and its impact is still felt today.
Meet America’s Worst Catholic Senator
Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania lamented the vindication of his own father in his desire to defend the murder of unborn children.
The Dark Heritage of Cookie-Cutter Philosophy
Cookie-cutter philosophers will always cleverly label the wisdom of the ages as yesteryear’s worn-out fashion—as archaic ideas whose time has come and gone. They will attempt to free us from the very thing that gives us freedom.
The Spiritual Dangers of Sedevacantism
Those who deny that Francis is pope diametrically oppose the fundamentals of Catholicism and thus are on a spiritually dangerous path.
Scrooge and the Economics of Abortion
Far from the rallying cry of “safe, legal, and rare,” advocates for abortion today claim that abortion is a social good and a necessary condition to ensure women’s success.
The Parable of the Sower and the Dutch Government
The Dutch government is imposing extreme restrictions on farmers that could put 30% of them out of business. It’s difficult to say whether Dutch officials are profoundly stupid or downright evil.
How Our Lady of La Leche Cured Us of Infertility
The answering of our prayers—even the most extravagant, and even in a miraculous or semi-miraculous way—is not reserved only for the saints, as I have sometimes thought.
