Destruction Comes Also From the Ground Up
While there is much ink spilled about Vatican Council II, Hanael Bianchi’s “A Liberal Revolution,” takes a unique look at its implementation in the previously thriving Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Decadence, Conversion, and Tradition
There is a surprising connection between decadence, conversion, and traditional Catholicism which some people might find a little shocking or, even, a cause for scandal.
Did Homeschooling in America Start with Catholic Parents?
The natural duty and right to educate your children according to your beliefs can easily be lost, once again, if we are not vigilant.
A Story so Stunning It Would Be a Sin Not to Share It!
Flannery O’Connor proposes an answer to the why of our addictions, distractions, and need for noise.
Unsung Heroes Take Center Stage
Belloc and Manning deserve to emerge from the shadows of Chesterton and Newman.
The Spirituality of Maria von Trapp
The story of Maria von Trapp goes beyond The Sound of Music. Studying her life reveals a deep Catholic spirituality.
The Silence of Heaven
A relatively unknown apparition of Our Lady of Knock, retold in the children’s book, “The Lamb of God,” addresses the much needed and sometimes difficult virtue of silence.
Will Hoyt: Wayfarer in a New World
Hoyt’s latest book is a last shot across the bow of the ship, warning us about the fast approaching and all engrossing technocratic world.
Catholics Out in the Public Square
In the face of increasing hostility towards religion, and especially the Catholic Church, lay Catholics should in fact more fully live their faith.
Grace Abounds in the Suffering Rooms
Such simple questions as “Are you a Christian? Have you ever thought about it?” save lives and souls and reverberate through time and eternity.
Death Comes to Wyandotte—But I Guarantee You’d Love Living There
It’s been almost 20 years since Summorum Pontificum, and families have formed around traditional Catholic parishes. Death Comes to Wyandotte is Altham’s fictional account of those lives being lived.
Our World’s Guardian Angel
It is comforting to see the hand of God working through his warrior angel to defend the faithful against the dragon time and again throughout history.
Anatomy of a Catholic Classic: Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair at 75
“Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering in order that they may have existence.” (Léon Bloy, epigraph to The End of the Affair)
Reading as a Reality Check
Great literature acts as a prism to reveal a vivid spectrum of colors previously unseen.
God’s Most Masculine Plan of Salvation
Masculinity, that instinct in men to protect and defend, is all but lost. But it’s central to God’s plan of salvation.
Time to Pick Up the Cross of Beauty
A notorious case of sliding downhill with the prevailing culture is clothing.
An American on Monarchy
The Compleat Monarchist by Charles Coulombe is an erudite, engaging, and comprehensive defense of a Christian monarchy from an American perspective.
Feminism Is “Wicked”—and Worse, It’s Rooted in a Christian Heresy
The subtle spirit of Eve is an insidious infiltration of gnostic ideas into media, churches, and culture.
The Once-Mighty Europe
A new book from a new publisher swims against the anti-Western tide of our academic elites.
The Novel That Predicted Much of the Modern Papacy
You’ll find surprising parallels between the modern papacy and an obscure work of fiction that paints a curiously clear-sighted vision of what was unthinkable in 1904.