The practice of "memento mori" - remembering our own eventual deaths - might be a cause for anxiety. But for the Christian, it should be a means of peace.
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Memento Mori: Thoughts of Death and Rebirth in a Reminiscent Season
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Rethinking Obedience in an Age of Resistance
The idea of “resisting” makes a lot of Catholics understandably nervous. We are, of course, brought up to be loyal sons of the Church. But there have always been exceptions, and we definitely live in an exceptional time.
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Understanding the Roots of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
What is the actual history behind the conflict in Ukraine, and what has been the role of America and the West in fostering it?
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The Temptations of the Intellectual
Intellectuals often suffer from a deep vanity, the emptiest of all manifestations of envy or pride. But their intellect often leads them to accept the most stupid of ideas.
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What About the Unmarginalized?
The pews are emptying in part because of the almost monopolistic harping about the marginalized.
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The Synod of the Red Death
Despite all the talk of “building a new Church,” the energy of progressive Catholicism is all in the service of denial and destruction.
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National Conservatism’s Ecumenical Gamble
National Conservatism is all-in on ecumenical Christianity. Will the play pay off?
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Is the West Turning Fascist?
Leftists use the smear “fascist” so often that the word has become completely untethered from its original meaning. Much like the term “racist,” “fascist” is simply shorthand for anyone who opposes leftism
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Originalism: A Catholic Constitutionalism
Originalism proposes that the values of the Constitution are unchanging, and developments in constitutional interpretation over the years should be based on courts’ application of those original values to the case law.
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Are We All Schismatics Now?
Today, the word "schismatic" is often thrown as an epithet to describe one’s ecclesial enemies, but the term has a historical meaning that should not be forgotten.
