Books
“The Best Books I Read in 2018”
“The first use of good literature,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in his essay “On Reading” (found in the 1950 Sheed & Ward collection The Common Man), [...]
“The Best Books I Read in 2018”
Books
“The first use of good literature,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in his essay “On Reading” (found in the 1950 Sheed & Ward collection The Common Man), “is that it prevents a man from being merely modern. [...]
Camille Paglia, Plato, and the paradox of freedom
Analysis
Camille Paglia is an enigma. Identifying more with males than females since childhood, Paglia calls herself trans; yet she rejects a key false assumption of transgender ideology: “The cold biological truth is that sex changes [...]
Essay
Spanning continents and centuries, Our Lady’s message is clear
In the last several days, the Church has celebrated both the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (December 8) and the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12). This makes it particularly fitting to consider [...]
Analysis
Reports of Pell guilty verdict emerge, despite gag order
By Ed Condon Sydney, Australia, Dec 12, 2018 / 10:48 am (CNA).- Cardinal George Pell has been convicted by an Australian court on charges of sexual abuse of minors, according to media reports and sources [...]
Books
Michael O’Brien’s “The Apocalypse” emphasizes reflection over sensationalism
The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem [...]
Essay
A short defense of authentic synodality
Among some Catholics today, “synodality” is regarded as an ill-defined term perhaps signifying nothing but the covert dismantling of Catholic structures and teaching. Raymond Cardinal Burke, for instance, recently said in an interview with LifeSiteNews [...]
Essay
The End and the Eucharist: Advent Wisdom from Newman and Knox
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.” —Luke 21:25 Mass shootings. Destructive [...]
Essay
The Immaculate Conception and the seamless garment of doctrine
Many Catholics misunderstand the meaning of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is also the patronal feast of our nation. In their minds they confuse the Immaculate Conception of [...]
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In the last couple of months I’ve discussed problems arising from over-reliance on technological ways of thinking, and suggested that our response as Catholics should emphasize things that such ways of thinking leave out—the Faith, [...] -
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I haven’t written an editorial since late July, in part because of the heavy and unceasing flood of news—most of it bad and some of it terrible—within the Church. In my last editorial, posted on [...] -
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Leslie:
"Like Zechariah, she asks a question: “How can this be, since I have no husband?” (Luke 1:34). But unlike Zechariah,…
Fr Peter Morello:
A great scriptural analysis applying "typology' that strongly suggests Mary's exemplary uniqueness favoring the doctrine Immaculate Conception while preserving the…
Leslie:
Bert Clayton - your post literally makes no sense at all; by which I mean it's so completely incoherent one…
