On February 25, a twenty-five-year-old member of the United States Air Force named Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire in a gruesome public suicide spectacle outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Proclaiming “Free Palestine” […]
“Melancholy is too painful, reaches too deeply into the roots of human experience to permit us to leave it to the psychiatrists.” — Romano Guardini, The Human Experience (Cluny Media, 2018) The word “melancholy”, in its […]
Dealing with pests in our homes is an inevitable task that we all must face at some point. Back when I lived in Florida, snakes and mosquitos were the usual culprits. Fire ants were a […]
The latest document from the DDF, Gestis verbisque, is a breath of fresh air. It addresses a pressing situation long in need of papal attention, stretching back decades, and does so with some uncharacteristic clarity. […]
The duality of male and female is basic to human life. People find it inscrutable, suggestive, frustrating, necessary, and sublime all at once. That’s why it has given rise to so much great, not-great, and […]
Whit Stillman’s cult classic Metropolitan is an elegy for the haute bourgeoisie, the well-educated upper subdivision of the middle class that once set the cultural tone for liberal Western nations. Released in 1990, Stillman’s film […]
A new study released by the Pew Research Center indicates that 29% of Americans now self-identify as having no religious affiliation of any kind. And only 63% of Americans identify as Christians, which is 12% […]
Last week, I went to confession at a shrine near me, which I will not name. It was one of those infuriating confessions in which you try to convince the priest that what you are […]
My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]
People today say social engagement is a basic part of the Christian life. Even so, it is shot through with paradox. Christ was not part of everyday social life. He had no property, no job, […]
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