“The Poor Have Shamed Us”
In a society rich with smartphones, the poor teens in other parts of the world are putting us all to great shame.
Fulton Sheen’s Last Word
As Blessed Sheen himself might have put it, what if God had permitted him every jot and tittle of Cardinal Tagle’s script; what if He had allowed Sheen one last word to the world?
The Miracle of Maddie, and Father Beard’s Last Act
Many Catholics learned of Fr. Mark Beard in the years just prior to his untimely death. Few, however, know about the life that was saved by this magnetically faith-filled priest.
An Open Letter—and an Urgent Plea—to an SSPX Priest
The past few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about you at this bleak Catholic crossroad, where Extraordinary and Ordinary form Mass attendees suffer in different ways.
The Aching Heart of a Father
The masterpiece of love is Christ poured out fully upon the Cross. For Catholic fathers, the image carries particular force. Each is aware that his children awaken each morning into an expanding Babylon.
When a Wedding Veil and Mourning Veil Merge
This vale of tears is full of sorrows but also joys. Sometimes they come together in ways only understood by the Almighty.
A Shepherd in a Land of Martyrs
Fr. Alex Mugalaasi, the 41-year-old spiritual formator for Uganda’s five major seminaries, lets Our Lady illuminate his path to spiritually form Uganda’s future priests, some of whom will one day serve in parishes in the United States.
Will Bishops Give the Surge of Catholics Ephesus—or the City of Man?
For young people, “dialogue”—U.S. bishops’ favorite buzzword—has become an eight-letter vulgarity. They’ve been choked, nearly to death, by the drowning tide of moral pus—the dialogue-minefields of LGBTQ+, BLM, and DEI, etc.—while few bishops helped them to break the surface.
Cleveland’s Echo on the Edge of Darkness and Light: “Love Will End Abortion”
An unlikely pairing—pro-life whites and inspired blacks—have merged as allies in front of Ohio’s deadliest abortuary.
The Third Rail Our Hierarchy Avoids
Few clergy will address, in specificity, the broadening third rail of LGBT ideologies, that each day seem to add to our multifaceted civilizational moral collapse.
The Day God Saved Me Through My Hero
The slow, silent and mostly invisible hand of God working in our lives sometimes punches through the veil to let us know, “I AM always with you.”
Elegy of Darkness and Light in a Country Churchyard
Msgr. Wells’ legacy and the unmarked slave graves at Sacred Heart stir the sensus fidei, urging bishops to focus on saving souls over gestures in a faith-fading world.
The Unspoken Trial of the Orphaning of Our Priests
A type of bishopric anti-fatherhood has led countless priests in America to live out vocations tainted by fear, torment, and silent despair.
A Cajun Priest and the Acadian Solution to Soft Priests in a Soft Church
Fr. Michael Champagne grew up sweating it out alongside French-speaking tough Cajuns who memorialized their Acadian forebears through the grind of raw Catholic lives.
“In the Name of Every Man Who Hurt You, Forgive Me”
The haunting 2023 film, “The Sound of Freedom,” was a small window into a world made up of unspeakable human horrors. The coming sequel is sure to let more light into that darkness.
Vianney, Plump, and Meyer—Indiana’s Miracle Men
Knowing he could not simply keep doing what had been done, a young priest tried something different: an imitation of something old.
The Curé d’Ars to Confront Our Lost Culture
The Catholic Church needs a hero now. Nothing less will do. Pope Leo must lead a new crusade to search out the lost lambs and bring them back.
The Miracle That Grew From the Ashes of 2018
One simple priest answered the call to lay down his life for God’s suffering flock, and we are reminded of what His love looks like.
A Prophet Among Bishops
As U.S. bishops gathered at their annual meeting, Bishop Strickland stood outside and decided to pick a fight; he confronted the expanding Babylon.
