How I learned that reading and studying the Catechism, Church doctrine and dogma, and theology are not ultimately about knowing things or facts but about knowing […]
The Left always seeks to claim and re-name the moral high ground, but has no objective foundations for its radical political project […]
I’m not an expert—not even close—on Australian politics or Catholicism Down Under, but over the past few years I’ve carried on correspondence with a number of Catholics in Australia. And these folks, all of them […]
There is a reason the Creed is recited every Sunday. And to defend and hold to doctrine is not only not ideological, it is part […]
Back in the early 1840s, John Henry Newman observed that physical philosophers—that is, scientists—”are ever inquiring whence things are, not why; referring them to nature, not to mind; and thus they tend to make a […]
A couple of weeks ago I came across the following, written by Oscar Wilde some 125 years or so ago: In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press. That is an […]
Just yesterday I was lamenting to some colleagues about how weary I’ve become of the ongoing and escalating debate over Amoris Laetitia and its interpretation. “I would be happy,” I said, “to not write of […]
Nearly everyone, it appears, is “shocked” and “stunned” by the election of Donald Trump. Frankly, I can understand people being a bit surprised, but those who are shocked probably need to revisit their understanding of […]
Years ago I wrote an article titled “Dogma is Not a Dirty Word”. In it, I noted how those who criticize the Church for being “dogmatic” fail to understand that everyone is dogmatic in a […]
This past week I spent several days with some Fundamentalists. Not only did I converse at length with these strange creatures, I ate meals with them and slept in the same house. They fed me […]
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