Essay
Is the war in Iran just?
It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth. I wonder whether we should say instead that the first casualty of war [...]
Is the war in Iran just?
Essay
It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth. I wonder whether we should say instead that the first casualty of war is clear reasoning, even on the part of intelligent and [...]
Thoughts on Donald Trump, self-evident truths, and political idolatry
Essay
The first half of April 2026 has provided a number of examples of the danger of political idolatry in the United States. Events in early April have also reminded us Catholics that our political or [...]
Essay
A Realist Outline of History, Part One
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part essay. Most diagnoses of our current cultural malaise have focused on either of two narrower causes: the ideological and idealistic, or the organizational and materialistic. [...]
Features
Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ
Mark Houck, the Pennsylvania father of nine and pro-life advocate whose 2022 arrest made national headlines, has won a seven-figure settlement in federal court. Shawn Carney, President of 40 Days for Life, announced the settlement [...]
Features
Amid war and migration, Pope Leo XIV to bring message of religious freedom to North Africa
As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his apostolic journey to Africa, the shadow of regional conflict and the plight of migrants loom large over the continent’s northern shores. Algeria, the first stop of [...]
Chapp's Schtick
In gratitude for the Ordinariate
Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...]
Columns
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?
People today expect politics to give more than it can, often to the point of secular utopianism. There are two basic reasons for that. The first is a decline in transcendental faith. People need an [...]
Books
Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman
Carl R. Trueman is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, as well as a prolific author. Last year, we conversed [...]
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Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...] -
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Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...] -
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Michael Angelicus:
Right on target, meiron. This is why the truth that divides as preached by Jesus is a truth of love,…
ragnar bergendahl:
It's true That President Trump is Idolized blindly by some, but on the other hand, he's also Idolized by those…
Lynn Wiston:
I agree with the decision concerning our military actions against Iran. Iran was one week away from becoming a nuclear…
