Two Catholic Scientists You Might Not Know
Already effectively disproved through the rational arguments of philosophy and the evidence of history, atheism is now being debunked by the physical sciences.
The Church Will Always Triumph
Every time the Church has appeared close to destruction, it has prevailed.
Cardinal Zen: Reorient Your Lives This Advent!
One of the most prophetic voices in the Church today urges us to deep conversion this Advent.
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.
Correcting Illusions of Reform
A new book gathers the counter-arguments made against a recent attack on the traditional Latin Mass.
Following The Habsburg Way
The Habsburgs know death and dying and how to live a life that leads to that final moment.
Casting Down the Strange Gods
Catholics who feel somewhat cast adrift in the choppy waters of modernism and innovation would do well to make Mother Francis’ acquaintance.
Feminized Faith, Failed Families, and Fertile Fields
Hope-filled in its conclusion, a new book offers the Catholic community a fresh look at current issues, addressing them with scholarly and thoughtful argumentation, and peaceful and commonsense rhetoric.
Defenders of Faith and Family
Like today’s leftists, the Ottoman Turks wanted to turn Christian children against their parents; but one man turned the tables on them.
The Roots of Woke: The Devil and Bella Dodd
A new book examines the life of a communist who worked to infiltrate Catholic seminaries and higher education—before Fulton Sheen brought her home.
Living a Lie
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents Rod Dreher (Sentinel, 2020) Hardcover, $27.00 On September 18, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87. At once, this country was filled with the sound of progressives weeping and gnashing their teeth. From what I could gather, none of them knew Ginsburg personally. Most … Read more
Unaccomodating
Two millennia into the Christian era, the niceness of Christians is on the way to becoming the biggest threat to Christianity. “I came to cast fire upon the earth,” Jesus famously said. The characteristic gesture of our religiosity may be the limp handshake of peace. “God doesn’t need ‘nice’ Christians,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput writes … Read more
Libertarianism as Social Ethic
A common argument against libertarianism — heard mostly in conservative circles — is that no moral society can be a free-for-all, devoid of moral content. A social order worthy of the name must be based on certain ethical principles that extend beyond selfishness and individualism. These principles form the basis of culture, which is ultimately … Read more
The Importance of Place
“On the whole, it would appear to be for the best that the great majority of human beings should go on living in the place in which they were born.” So wrote T.S. Eliot in Notes Towards the Definition of Culture. Like much of Eliot’s cultural philosophy, it is a thoroughly contrarian, even atavistic notion, … Read more
Evolutionary Art
It happens to most of us who like classic art: You’re reading an article about some contemporary artist who’s making millions selling “art” made from rumpled beds, carved-up corpses, or human waste, and you ask yourself, why? Why can’t art be heroic and life-inspiring? Why does art have to degrade and shock? And what is … Read more