General
Virgin Mary statue vandalized at Dickinson, Texas church
A priest in Texas is pointing out the increase in church vandalism in his state and the nation, after a statue of Mary was defaced [...]
Unity and diversity: Geometry in secular and sacred realms
Essay
Many years ago, when teaching an introductory course in the humanities, I mentioned that a particular claim about the world was true ut in pluribus. The Latin means “for the most part,” or, more literally, [...]
“I, Deena Hinshaw”: On Canada, COVID-19, and religious liberty
Features
Whereas I, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health have initiated an investigation into the existence of COVID-19 within the Province of Alberta. Whereas the investigation has confirmed that COVID-19 is present in Alberta. [...]
Essay
The often silent and surprising history of devotion to Saint Joseph
As we celebrate this official Year of St. Joseph, announced on December 8, 2020 by Pope Francis, Catholics readily join in paying tribute to a great and well-loved saint. Surely Our Lord’s foster-father has always [...]
Features
Opinion: It’s time to get beyond vaccines
So far, all the COVID-19 vaccines depend on the use of fetal cell lines that originated with abortion. Lots of discussion about the morality of vaccines followed Moderna’s announcement last November that its phase III [...]
Essay
God’s Law of Love: A Spirituality of the Ten Commandments (Part 2)
The First Tablet of the Law The first three commandments, the focus of our reflections in this installment, combine to spell out how to love God with “all your heart, with all your soul, and [...]
Features
Not Forgotten aims to encourage readers in leading a worthy life
For a society aptly described by Pope St. John Paul II as the “Culture of Death”, most of us are not very comfortable facing mortality. However, as the old saying goes, death is one of [...]
Features
The deep and dangerous falsehoods found in the Equality Act
The French Revolution began in 1789 inspired by the noble ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and in the first months of revolutionary fervor many old injustices were redressed, including not a few caused or [...]
Essay
How should we think about Vatican II?
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally delivered on January 8, 2021, as the Convocation for Spring 2021 Semester at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. ——- Introduction There is an old story [...]
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Modern urban life has detached most people in the developed world from a visceral experience of the rhythms of nature. Snowstorms such as much of the country has recently experienced represent one of the few [...] -
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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), made the following remark as part of a longer statement about the violence in the United States Capitol: “I [...] -
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rwc:
MAGA and the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division liberated Iraq from the grip of ISIS. Yet, the pontiff makes…
Vangel Vesovski:
Let me begin with a simple confession. While I have been reading Catholic writers for most of my life, and…
Joe K.:
A guy tries to bridge some of the vast gulfs of hatred between Christians and Muslims instilled for years by…
