Faced with a German Church that may be, at this point, a schismatic ecclesial body, Pope Leo XIV made remarks on April 22nd that stirred controversy and debate. On April 20th, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of […]
The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying […]
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And the state’s persistent animus toward Christianity has been keeping the […]
When it comes to saints who were also soldiers, the list is relatively short. There is St. Louis IX, the medieval king of France, who fundraised and led two crusades against the Muslim kingdom in […]
Editor’s note: This essay was delivered as an address on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Symposium on Transforming Culture, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. “The hand that rocks the cradle”, “The power behind the throne”—both […]
“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by […]
(CWR, Yaoundé) On Wednesday, Pope Leo XVI visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s capital city of Batá, and offered words of comfort to inmates who might be tempted to view their lives as worthless. Under […]
The medical profession naturally involves encountering people at their most vulnerable and dealing with some of the most profound suffering that humans face. But it can also be an experience of profound joy, as when […]
On Antonin Scalia’s first day of Catholic education, an expatriate of the New York City public-school system arriving as a freshman at Xavier High School in Manhattan in September 1949, he beheld a most unusual […]
Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in slightly different form on AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Just as liberal elites are currently attempting to drive a wedge between Catholics and Evangelicals, they are also […]
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