The Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent this year (unless your parish is using the “scrutiny readings”) is John’s account of Christ cleansing the Temple (Jn 2:13-25). Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the […]
The demagoguery surrounding last week’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling involving in vitro fertilization (IVF)—incendiary rhetoric being pushed by Democrats to stoke a new fear while making political hay over abortion—deserves refutation. It also deserves an […]
There are two unusual things about this book: It’s coming out for Valentine’s Day. And the title is a simple, strong imperative. The release of Get Married was deliberately planned to coincide with the end […]
The latest “Note” from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, titled Gestis verbisque, addresses the issue of using proper form to celebrate the sacraments. It does so within the larger context of a […]
In his January 14th Angelus remarks, Pope Francis uttered a sentence that deserves thorough analysis and—in my view—is deeply problematic. Talking about military conflict across the world, particularly in “Ukraine, Palestine, and Israel,” Francis said: […]
Anybody conversant in Catholic social ethics knows the basic principle of subsidiarity: small is beautiful. Decision and policy-making should be pressed down to the lowest level possible. It ensures both a personalistic touch and that […]
Various Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on Sunday, January 7. They do so out of calendar literalism: they cling to the Julian Calendar which, because of its imprecision in calculating the length of the earth’s annual […]
In these last days before Christmas, some reflections on Santa Claus, gifts, and our culture. The December 14th edition of the New York Times featured a twist on the tradition of Christmas wish lists. Once […]
Reactions have generally been negative to the December 5, 2023, appearance of three prestigious university presidents before the House Education and the Workforce Committee to address antisemitism on American college campuses in the wake of […]
As Thanksgiving 2023 recedes in the rearview mirror, it’s worth taking one look for a few moments at Joe Biden’s “Thanksgiving” Proclamation, published the day before the holiday. It’s said that one of the hardest […]
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