The Church recently celebrated the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God — a wonderful way to begin the New Year. Some might be inclined to fault the Church for placing this solemnity on New Year’s […]
Something not mentioned often enough is that when Pope Francis uses the term “the environment,” he means something very different from what your usual run-of-the-mill “environmentalist” means by the term. “Environmentalists” tend to think of […]
In a 1956 article in Commonweal magazine, “Stoicism in the South”, author Walker Percy wrote of “a momentous change which has taken place in a single generation”: namely, that until a few years ago, the […]
As certain bishops within the Church continue their push to allow communion for divorced and remarried Catholics, I can’t help but think about the forgotten spouse: the one left behind in the divorce. The mother […]
I’m in no position to judge the case of Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis, so you’ll have to look elsewhere for the latest hate-mongering or hero worship of her. Allow me to begin, rather, with […]
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