Unsung Heroes Take Center Stage
Belloc and Manning deserve to emerge from the shadows of Chesterton and Newman.
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.
During World Cup 2026, Venerate the Madonna, Not Maradona
As World Cup fever hits the Americas, a deified Argentine soccer player reminds us of the true differences between man and God.
The Church’s Most Controversial Dogma That Even Good Catholics Question
There’s one teaching in particular—one consistently taught throughout Church history—that makes modern Catholics squirm.
How to Find a Wife Without Looking for One
To find a wife, you must first become a man worth finding.
Why Disclosure Day Edifies One’s Christian Faith
Disclosure Day, if anything, raises a question that Christianity can answer with remarkable depth and flexibility, demonstrating our Faith’s explanatory power.
On Saying Goodbye to Vietnam
For me, certainly, Vietnam has always been one of the two or three most formative and decisive experiences of my life. I say that because I was one of those few young Americans sent over there to fight it.
Rubio and the Catholic Vote: Can He Pass the Holy Land Test?
Marco Rubio is the clear 2028 GOP frontrunner with big ambition and elite backing. But Catholic voters will demand he pass the “Holy Land Test.”
To the Empty-Nest Catholic Mothers Who Ask, “Now What?”
Our adult children, whether they are faithful Catholics or fallen away, have adult problems—huge, unknown, and spanning future decades. We can’t fix their problems even if they want us to.
What No Graduates Will Hear
Will we tell our young people what they need most to hear? If not, nothing else we say or do will stop our suicidal collapse.
Seeking Absolution From the Crowd: Confession in the Age of Algorithm
While young people today have no trouble broadcasting their dark secrets all over social media, they aren’t willing to tell them to the one person who could shine upon them a true light.
Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part XIV
God, Who Is, did not create anything for its usefulness to Himself, but simply to be loved by Him.
On Nowak and What Comes After
We cannot lose sight of what once made Europe master of the seven seas and her sons lords of men: love for and loyalty to the Crucified Lord and all that that means.
First Amendment Bullies
What we have learned in the Covid years, and the Obama-Biden years, is that we must know our rights, protect them, and, above all, exercise them.
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.
On Postliberalism
Postliberalism stands against the excesses and failures of classical liberalism, but goes well beyond what Church has taught as the ideal political society.
Finding Common Ground Between Rome and the SSPX
Despite real disagreements between the SSPX and Rome, Fr. Pagliarani’s “Declaration of Faith” reveals substantial common ground on core Catholic doctrine.
The Wealth Tax Will Put California on the Road to Serfdom
Sheer unbridled envy is the driving force behind California’s proposed wealth tax on billionaires.
The White Man’s New Burden
By every measure, Europe and Europeans are being replaced by mass migration, predominantly from countries that are inimical to her peoples and her God.
An Unstable Clergy
If bishops and priests were treated like rooted, stable shepherds of one particular flock, rather than middle management who may be promoted for good behavior, perhaps we would see a serious shift in saintly, courageous behavior.