What is a Woman, a film from Matt Walsh and the conservative Daily Wire website, was released this week. The 90-minute collection of interviews and commentary on gender identity is well-produced, amusing, and frustrating. It’s […]
I have never been a fan of emphasizing “vocation” for the laity. My dissent is rooted in two places, I think. First, quite honestly, my personality type, which is all about preparing, but averse to […]
I gave a talk recently on Catholic Church history – an overview, a quick hits kind of tour. Instead of trying to actually go through a lot of dates and events, I focused on the […]
The greatest irony about this irony-stuffed Synod on Synodality is fundamental and glaring. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. It’s this: Anxiously desiring to show that it’s a listening Church, institutional church leaders perfectly demonstrate […]
Ready for a revival? Earlier this week, the American bishops voted to push forward on a multi-year plan for “Eucharistic Revival” – rooted in concerns about Catholic engagement, Catholic adherence to beliefs about the Eucharist […]
It’s a dilemma, isn’t it? You have to wonder if anyone ever really thought this through. Let’s look at this. Let’s consider the concrete, material reality of Catholic life before, say 1965. What aspects of […]
What is the greatest sin? According to the present papacy, “rigidity” is one, if not the most serious sin of which one can be accused. “Rigidity” – a closedness to change, a stubborn adherence to a […]
Let’s do an Occam’s Razor on this new Motu Proprio. It seems pretty simple to me: A number of bishops wanted the tools to restrict celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), and Pope Francis […]
A lot of us know the feeling. We’ve had it since girlhood, and for many of us, it’s never gone away. Not like other girls. I wasn’t a so-called “tomboy” as a girl, and as I’ve […]
It’s time to get back to Mass! Really? Why? The calls, framed with just a bit of anxiety, are beginning to come, aren’t they? This is Cardinal Dolan’s, but perhaps you’ve seen them in your own part […]
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