The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly […]
That the Reformation was a revolution is not a new idea. Centuries before contemporary scholars Brad S. Gregory or Patrick J. Deneen assessed the Reformation as an accelerant for modern secularism, individualism, and materialism, thinkers […]
Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, was one of the great leaders of the twentieth century. His bold defense policy, rejection of détente, and support for anti-communist freedom fighters, […]
In spite of the important work of philosophers including Alisdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor, the average American still harbors a mistaken notion of the secular and its relation to classical Liberalism. While this was excusable […]
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 […]
Early in the year 303, “when the feast of the Saviour’s passion was near at hand, royal edicts were published everywhere, commanding that the churches be leveled to the ground and the Scriptures be destroyed […]
Many of the most important figures from centuries and millennia past are distinguished by the cities in which they lived: Clement of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Irenaeus of Lyons, Cyril of Jerusalem, and John of […]
As I prepare to lead pilgrims in a few weeks along a portion of the “Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James,” I discovered in my research the story of a Eucharist miracle that […]
On September 14, 1965, Pope St. Paul VI announced the establishment of the Synod of Bishops. In doing so, he accepted a proposal advanced by Archbishop Silvio Oddi in 1959 that had gained much support in the intervening years. […]
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was Mark Twain’s novel in which the main character found himself in a very different world: Hank Morgan was somehow carried back in time to the court of King […]
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