Essay
Pentecost and the priesthood
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. Wind, [...]
Pentecost and the priesthood
Essay
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. Wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. The Sacred Scriptures are replete with [...]
Sex and Catholic Social Teaching
Essay
As someone who has long labored in the service of the Catholic Church’s teachings on fraught sexual expression topics, I think I understand Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks on Catholic sexual morality in response to [...]
Analysis
Diocesan Priestly Vocations in the U.S.: A New Look at the Numbers
3,035 diocesan seminarians are preparing for priestly ordination in the Latin-rite dioceses of the United States, an increase of nearly 2% over the previous year, according to data published in the most recent (2025) edition [...]
Analysis
The culture of death loses one—for the moment
Good news not being thick on the ground these days, I’m delighted to note some very good news from the mother country: on April 24, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed to [...]
Features
Bp. Louis Tylka: “This is a great moment for the Diocese of Peoria and the Church”
Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) will be beatified and receive the title of “Blessed” at a beatification Mass on Thursday, September 24, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Sheen was among the [...]
Essay
The Human Person in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
When Pope Leo XIV recently compared the rise of artificial intelligence to the Industrial Revolution, many immediately recognized the significance of the analogy.1 The comparison was not merely technological or economic, but deeply anthropological. Just as [...]
Analysis
The Scandalous Synod Report: A Betrayal of Trust
Note: All quotes are from the Report and annexed testimonies, unless otherwise indicated. A Synod Study Group Report (“Report”) published in early May has drawn searing criticism and predictable plaudits for its “paradigm shift” towards same-sex sexual relationships. New reports that Fr. James [...]
Analysis
Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power in the Church
I continue to be puzzled by the language in the documents emerging from ecclesiastical bureaucrats. Who are these people talking to? Not “people of goodwill” around the world, nor the basic layman in the pew. [...]
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On the anniversary of his election, and with a year of the papacy under his belt, it is fair to say that Pope Leo would make, as a friend of mine has stated, a “good [...] -
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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Mark Medvetz:
Yes, indeed. Once again, I reflect on how lucky I am to have had parents who set such a good…
knowall:
We have Protestants come to mass on Christmas; I think it's kinda always been that way with "them."
