Forty years have passed since October 19, 1984, when Polish priest and Solidarity chaplain Jerzy Popiełuszko was kidnapped and murdered by agents of the Communist secret police in Poland. The then-37-year-old priest was abducted from […]
Two Blesseds appear on national liturgical calendars this week: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher this past Sunday, October 6, in Canada and Blessed Angela Truszkowska on Thursday, October 10, in Poland. Both women deserve our attention. Both […]
In today’s Gospel, Jesus takes a little child and, counterposing him to his childish disciples, tells them: “Whoever receives a little child like this receives me and receives not me but Him who sent me…” […]
“Sunday scaries” refers to the “unique anxiousness that Sunday nights bring.” It’s the awareness—sometimes creeping, sometimes sudden—that another “manic Monday” is imminent. (At this time of year, it’s often accompanied by a related syndrome, the […]
Earlier this year, I reviewed Tim Carney’s new book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be. Carney’s thesis is that the movers and shakers of our culture […]
George Weigel’s recent essay titled “Why Just War Theory Always Matters” underscores the abiding importance of that principle. Just War Theory (JWT) is essential to Catholic (and other) public officials seeking to operate in an […]
Governor Jeff Landry’s signing of the law requiring Louisiana public school classrooms to display the text of the Ten Commandments once again brings together a volatile combination: religion and schools. It’s already generating a collective […]
As I write this review, The New York Post reports that City Schools Chancellor David Banks cashiered an elected mother on a Manhattan Community Education Council (a parents’ advisory board). She got the boot ostensibly for […]
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was Mark Twain’s novel in which the main character found himself in a very different world: Hank Morgan was somehow carried back in time to the court of King […]
HarperCollins, in contrast to so much of the “curated” publishing industry, is promoting real discussion about real issues facing America and her long-term welfare. In February, it published Brad Wilcox’s Get Married!, a book not […]
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