Coming Down the Mountain
At an early age, I started hearing the word gay used to describe me. I wasn’t sure what it meant the first time I heard it around kindergarten or first grade, but I could tell it wasn’t good.
Coffee Hour With the Feds
What is a Catholic to do when our after-Mass coffee hours are infiltrated by federal agents?
434.25 Books Until I Die
Besides the final disposition of my soul, what is much on my mind is what I should be reading before I one day die.
The Starved Man Who Changed the World
Thirty-one years ago today, Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, one of the greatest forces for good for the humiliated, abandoned, and rejected in the history of the world, died like a poor man.
Overschooled and Undereducated
The purpose of schooling—which is not the same as education—is to encourage people to express confident platitudes, which they are pleased to call their opinions, about things they know nothing of.
The Splendor of Theology
When the truth and the life of the Catholic Thing coexist, the result will constitute nothing less than the splendor of theology itself.
Take Hold of the Hope
Sins and scandals are piling up. Everything seems to be falling apart. Where is our hope? And how do we fix this?
What Does It Mean to Be a “Welcoming” Church?
Contra Cardinal McElroy, genuine ecclesial inclusion goes through the path of acknowledging and renouncing one’s sinfulness.
A Case for Liturgical Crossover
This future in which traditional Catholics in their TLM-celebrating churches are separated from the rest of the faithful in diocesan parishes would be immensely harmful for all.
Imagining More Than a Career
I’d like my children to identify vocations (and perhaps professions) that will provide for their needs and give them some degree of personal fulfillment. But I would never tell them that their careers are the most important thing.
Is My Pet in Heaven?
We should avoid the temptation to provide a peremptory, dismissive—and often negative—answer to this frequently-asked question.
J.K. Rowling Demonstrates How to Handle the Woke Mob in Three Easy Steps
Without resorting to intimidation, compromise, excuses, or deception, Rowling confronts her opponents and puts them in their place.
The Joys of Not Being a Scripture Scholar
Our business is to journey on in unceasing search of God, the sheer outpouring of whose Word upon the Scriptures suffuses every page with the presence of Another.
If You Want a Happy Marriage, Take the Marital Debt Seriously
Few subjects raise such ire and disgust as the marital debt, but it is the teaching of the universal Church, and it does matter.
Signs of Hope: A Catholic Experience of Street Evangelization
Whereas we expect to be met with hostility when we attempt to share our Faith with others, often the experience is just the opposite.
You Need to Fast More
Is modern man not cut out to fast? Should we only strive to achieve the Church’s very minimal standard of fasting?
Countering Assaults on Innocence This Lent
What we might perceive as an insignificant sacrifice God can use to achieve something grand.
Make Lent the Great Fast Again
Lent used to be a truly penitential time of the year for Catholics, but now we just talk about giving up chocolate or “fasting from judging.” How can Catholics reclaim Lent and make it truly a time to prepare for Easter?
What Should We Think About the Pavone Affair?
How should faithful Catholics respond to the Pavone Affair, and second, what should Frank Pavone himself do or not do?