Was there a secret to Pope Pius X’s success? Is there a reason that he was able to bring about several important and positive changes in the life of the Church during his relatively brief […]
Let’s begin with the obvious. No social conservative could possibly justify voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. They are pro-abortion extremists, as Ryan Anderson shows in an article on Harris at First Things and Dan McLaughlin shows in […]
Polls, as a rule of thumb, should be taken with a grain of salt. Or even, at times, with a salt shaker. That said, the recent online poll by @Synod.va—the official X (formerly Twitter) account […]
Note: This essay is based on the author’s talk entitled “Sex and Sanity: Man and Woman He Made Them” at the Napa Institute Summer Conference, July 25, 2024. ——— Last week, Elon Musk, known for […]
I remember when senior officials from the then-newly created Secretariat for Communication of the Holy See—later restyled the “Dicastery” for Communication—came to do a meet-and-greet at The Thing That Used To Be Vatican Radio. It […]
Editor’s note: Earlier this month, I interviewed Dr. Kevin A. McMahon, editor of Exploring the World’s Foundation in Christ: An Introduction to the Writings and Thought of Donald J. Keefe, S.J., published recently by Ignatius Press. […]
Saint Camillus de Lellis founded a religious order that cares for the sick all over the world. But in the United States, his feast day is translated to another date so that Americans can honor […]
The summer is now fully upon us. It is the time when many are traveling on vacation and taking part in “leisure” activities. Yet, as many of us have discovered, it can be just as […]
Editor’s note: This essay was originally given, in a slightly different form, as a public lecture on the centenary of the foundation of the Central Catholic Library, Dublin. ———– Like many Catholics in Ireland today, […]
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: The 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) took place June 13-15 in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to the public sessions, the bishops […]
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