When you read ‘Catholicism Everywhere,’ you will enter body and soul into a more joyful and appreciative Catholic life...
It’s a good title, but it’s not mine. Instead, Catholicism Everywhere is a delightful new book from Sophia Institute Press, a coffee-table sort of book which highlights the Catholic origins of and contributions to just about every aspect of our lives from the calendar and health care, through food and fashion and gardening...
Restoring the Catholic grand-dame of New Orleans...
The Shepherd’s Voice: Looking Ahead to the Fourth Sunday of Easter...
Jesus, in today’s Gospel, says that He is the good shepherd the prophets had promised to Israel. He is the shepherd-prince, the new David—who frees people from bondage to sin and gathers them into one flock, the Church, under a new covenant, made in His blood. His flock includes other sheep, He says, far more than the dispersed children of Israel...
Canadian doctors amputate 2 healthy fingers of man with ‘bodily integrity dysphoria’...
I Applied to Be a NASA Astronaut. You Can Too...
Assisted Suicide in Minnesota? Critics Point to Canada as Cautionary Tale...
I’m sad to see Lent gone. And I prefer to carry it with me throughout the year...
It sounds mildly heretical. No doubt some would call it, without historical accuracy, Jansenist. Most people would say it’s masochistic or perhaps a sad manifestation of that great modern bogeyman, “Catholic guilt.” But I’ll say it anyway. I’m glad for the bacon and the other goodies of Easter, but I’m sad to see Lent gone. And I prefer to carry it with me throughout the year.
Dinosaurs probably didn't roar. This is what they really sounded like...
Wait: Is human dignity NOT infinite?
Iraq’s Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako Returns to Baghdad After Self-Imposed 9-Month Exile...
Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako returned to Baghdad Wednesday at the personal invitation of the country’s prime minister, nine months after leaving the Iraqi capital. The leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church left Baghdad in July 2023, in protest at a decision by Iraq’s president to rescind a 2013 civil decree recognizing him as the head of Chaldean Catholics...
Understanding the Scriptures: A Reflection on the Third Sunday of Easter...
Which Mary Should Catholic Women Follow?
A new study has revealed that Gen Z is the first generation where more women are leaving religion than men. This shocking flip in the gender divide is another mile marker that women are on the wrong path. I recently published the book The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us to navigate and understand contemporary trends among women...
Kickoffs will look radically different in the NFL next year. Here's how and why...
Benedict's Birthday, and Roman Jalapeños...
Greetings from Rome, where Ed and I have traveled for a few days of Pillar meetings. Well, actually, I got here this morning, and Ed will show up in a couple of hours. First, let me acknowledge that when Ed and I travel, The Pillar produces just a little bit less. For example, I’ve got two important news reports I had hoped to write while I was on airplanes yesterday...
From movies to streaming video, we live in a numbing age of visual sermons...
This is not a journal article that dates back to my Communicator on Culture days at Denver Seminary. This is an article from early in my life as an Orthodox Christian, when I was asked — by the publishing team with the Antiochian Christian Archdiocese — to explain to clergy and laypeople what I learned from teaching mass-communication subjects in a seminary.
Does God have room for me?
Some time ago a message was forwarded to my attention about a gentleman inquiring about the OCIA process. The message in itself was nothing out of the ordinary as the gentleman wanted to know when he could start the OCIA because he had been studying and searching for a long time...
Are kale, broccoli and Brussels sprouts really all the same plant? The short answer is yes...
Australian Police Arrest Male Following Stabbing Attack in Sydney Church...
Scotland’s New Transgender ‘Hate Crime’ Law Already Showing How It Leads to Tyranny...
Pope calls for every effort for dialogue and peace in Mideast...
Remembering miracles, a gambling man, and radical reality...
This newsletter is coming to you from swinging London, where we are on a family visit. It is, sadly, a long way to come, and we don’t manage it as often as we would like. The kid was surprisingly good on the plane ride over, as it happened, which certainly made the trip a little easier for all concerned. But gone forever are the days when trans-Atlantic jet lag was something I laughed off with two large drinks and a quick nap.
4 Lingering Questions After ‘Dignitas Infinita’...
By most accounts, Dignitas Infinita, the Vatican’s new declaration on human dignity, has been received by the Church largely without a hitch. In fact, it might be one of the least controversial high-profile documents we’ve seen from the Francis pontificate in recent years. This is especially true when compared to the last declaration...
Did Jesus Really Descend Into Hell?
Building Bigger Barns While Kneeling Before the World...
Piers Paul Read, the writer of ‘Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors,’ has written an excellent new ‘History of Catholic Church’...
“I thought I would like her to know about the Church not just because I’m a Catholic but also because it is part of our culture,” says Piers Paul Pead, speaking to the Register. The “her” he is referring to is his non-Catholic granddaughter, currently a student at Oxford University. She is, he says, “clever” but freely admits that she knows nothing about the Catholic faith...
Missouri high-school students makes mosaic of Father Augustus Tolton with 20,400 dice...
Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson on Dogma...
Whatever “dogma” is, Sam Harris certainly doesn’t like it. In his recent conversation with Jordan Peterson, Harris repeatedly condemns dogma, and Peterson repeatedly tries to moderate this condemnation. Harris notes correctly that dogma is “a Catholic term.” But what exactly is being condemned? The target is moving. First, Harris defines dogma as a belief that is held in spite of the fact that there’s no good evidence for it...
Pope Francis Revives Traditional Papal Title ‘Patriarch of the West’ in 2024 Annuario Pontificio...
SSPX Priest, Former U.S. District Superior, on Trial in France for Abusing 7 Children...
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