To persecute is to push down on a weaker group, at least somewhat continuously, in order to weaken or destroy it. For Catholics, the example that sets the type is the persecution of Christians in […]
In many respects, the task of modern theology has been to pretend to interrogate God in order to ignore Him. In the upper-middle-brow register, we half-heartedly ask, “Why is there evil in the world?” In […]
In my youth I attended a very conservative seminary for my undergraduate formation. I was fine with that since I was a very conservative young man theologically, filled with the usual zeal that comes with […]
Another consistory, another snub for Paris. While there are many different ways to approach Pope Francis’ recent appointment of twenty-one new members of the College of Cardinals, what immediately jumped out at me was the […]
America and the whole Western world have just completed “Pride Month,” a string of observances celebrating all things LGBTQ. The message was that these things are normal and beneficial, a matter of choice and identity, […]
As another Pride Month comes to an end, the war for the soul of the world has intensified. I thought briefly that the tide may have been turning, but I was wrong. Let me explain. […]
On June 19, 2023, Pope Francis marked the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and philosopher who remains one of the most important thinkers in the Western tradition. In […]
If there is one common denominator that links all of the various forms of Catholic progressivism together it is their allergy to the scandal of Christ’s particularity and the Christian claim that this particularity represents […]
A little over twenty years ago, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin issued a defiant “non” to his nation’s participation in the Iraq War. Hawkish Americans turned against our old ally, against whom some of […]
How can Catholics most help the world? The obvious answer is that they would help most if they became saints. If you as a Catholic want to “make a difference,” cultivate sanctity and wholehearted love […]
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