Features
Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline
On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida [...]
Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline
Features
On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani (representative of the Shia Grand Ayatollah [...]
The Confessions of Monsignor Paglia and the Crossroads for Moral Catholic Theology
Essay
In an interview granted to Settimana News on May 21, 2026, Bishop Vincenzo Paglia claimed a decisive role in the dissolution of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and its replacement [...]
Columns
The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching
Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]
Features
AI Humans and the Real Limits of Machines
I read recently in The Atlantic Monthly that artificial intelligence firms are hiring and paying big salaries to philosophers to help them think through the issues facing the developers of AI. They can send me a check, [...]
Essay
The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition
The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in these illicit ordinations are automatically (latae sententiae) excommunicated — [...]
Books
Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”
The founding of America was not a single event. It was a process that began long before the documents that broke us away from Great Britain and the documents that established our government. Long before [...]
Analysis
Consequential Consistorial Connections
Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]
Features
How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted
Beatrice Scudeler’s recent essay on the Public Discourse about Gen Z women and the internet fascination with “men who yearn” exposes a rather inconvenient truth for a culture that has spent sixty years telling women [...]
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Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...] -
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Fr Peter Morello, PhD:
Leo XIV's encouragement to contemplate is well taken and has the potential to revitalize practice of the faith with charity.…
mrscracker:
I realize every diocese & parish can look different but when I visited a nearby NO parish yesterday there was…
Athanasius:
Right? It's like we're living in an alternate universe. You can't make this stuff up.
