The Supreme Court’s March 2, 2026, decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta is another significant win for parental rights. A divided Court, in its 6-3 unsigned per curiam, “for the court” order—part of its so-called shadow docket, […]

How to Write Well – and Why (The Catholic Thing): “Bad writing suggests confused and lazy thinking.  We fix, or at least improve, our reasoning skills by reading – books of substance, lots of them, varied and […]

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which was “created to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome and to make sure they have the same freedoms and opportunities as everybody else.” But it […]

A final report from the Synod on Synodality study group on “mission in the digital environment” proposes the possible creation of a dedicated Vatican body to accompany and oversee the theological, pastoral, and canonical challenges […]

Niels Arboel’s The Wonder of Creation: The Most Famous Christian Biologists in History is a masterpiece of intellectual history. Of all the natural sciences, perhaps biology is most often seen as at odds with traditional religious faith. […]

Pope Leo XIV voiced concern on Sunday about developments in the Middle East and Iran, urging the parties involved to stop what he called a “spiral of violence” before it becomes an “irreparable abyss.” “Stability […]

When pizza magnate Tom Monaghan founded Legatus in 1987, its members had as their mission to “study, live and spread the Catholic faith” in their families, businesses, and communities. Today, almost 40 years later, that […]