A Boots and Tie Education
Rather than primarily utilitarian, the college window should be about something much bigger than it actually is at most colleges.
The Trauma of the Madonna della Bocciata
The painting “Madonna della Bocciata” at the Vatican is badly damaged, but we need to see a message in her wound.
Our Duty to Care for Our Elderly
Caring for the elderly is a challenge, but it can also be an opportunity for sainthood.
Sanctifying Time
Recovering the Church’s tradition of regular and recurring religious practices throughout the day and in the course of the week, month, and year is not just folklore. It responds to a basic human need.
Living in the Modern Dark Ages
Those who are chiefly responsible for the gathering Dark Age work hard to try and keep the rest of us from seeing it.
My Visit with Sister Wilhelmina
I recently returned from a trip to Gower, Missouri to venerate Sister Wilhelmina, founder of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, and an incorrupt.
Defending the Papacy Against the Orthodox, Sedevacantists, and Hyperpapalists (Guest: Erick Ybarra)
Defending the papacy has always been a primary obligation of Catholics engaging in apologetics, but in the era of a weak pope, it becomes particularly challenging. We’ll give practical tips on how to take on all challengers.
Love is Stronger than Death
The killing of police officer Jonathan Diller demonstrates the power of evil in this world. But there is something more powerful still.
He is Risen!
Every year Easter marks the time of renewal in our spiritual life, in our search for God.
Good Friday “Antisemitism” and the Conversion of the Jews
There is no salvation outside the Church, and Christ is King and always will be. To hold fast to those truths is not antisemitic; it is, instead, orthodox Catholic belief.
Sin: Fighting Against Our True Nature
Sin consists of the refusal to submit, to follow the form given us in being. It is to thwart the whole trajectory of our nature.
How to Inspire Catholic Men (Guest: Michael Mason)
The Catholic Church is undergoing a crisis of masculinity. Most parishes are dominated by women, and men are rarely at the forefront of spiritual leadership in a parish. What can be done to reinstate men as spiritual leaders?
Whatever Happened to Lent?
A New Idea of Lent has invaded the entire Church. A gauzy altruism has taken the place of a rigorous program of penance and prayer.
Who Are “The Poor” Anyway?
Well-meaning Christians can sometimes struggle with exercising the prudence required of being a steward of wealth in making concrete determinations of where and to whom to give.
Hope for Catholic Ireland
Irish Catholicism was never what Americans thought it was. Understanding what it was will explain why it is what it is today and why there is hope for its future.
Preach the Gospel Always, Use Insults if Necessary
A harsh rebuke, even an insult, might be necessary at times to save our fellow men from a path to damnation.
Hilaire Belloc and the Catholic Cultural Revival
Hilaire Belloc helped lead a Catholic revival in England that was hugely influential in the growth of the Catholic presence in the wider culture.
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
We are all experts when it comes to temptation, but sadly we are all failures at it as well.
A Lenten Grail Quest
Ecclesiastical and political conditions make this Lenten season even more penitential, with no promise that anything shall be solved anytime soon.