Ohio has historically been a bellwether state —or predictor—in how the rest of the country will vote in presidential elections. From 1960 until the election of Joe Biden as president, no president has won without […]

For any readers of my recent reply to Michael Lofton who have not been following events at Twitter and YouTube, Lofton has, over the course of the last few days, posted a series of tweets at […]

There are two notable days on the Catholic calendar this week. On July 25, we remember the release of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, in which St. Pope Paul VI articulated Catholic beliefs about human […]

Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally, in slightly different form, on July 25, 2012, to mark the 44th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.  ——————— The encyclical, Humanae Vitae, was promulgated 55 years ago, on July […]

There’s a great story about the late Cardinal John Foley—the long-serving Vatican hand who headed the now-defunct Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1984 until 2007 before becoming the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order […]

Did Mary of Magdala, who is celebrated by the Church on July 22nd, sell her body as a prostitute before she sold her soul to the devil? We don’t have a lot of details about […]