Today, the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular world understands the term—they are holy days, and they are […]

“I came to cast fire upon the earth.” —Luke 12:49 Fire! What single word more immediately commands people’s attention? No sane and moral person would ever consider yelling the word fire in a public place, […]

Pentecost has come and gone. On some liturgical calendars, the time is called “Sundays After Pentecost” or some variation. Most Latin Rite Catholics call it “Ordinary Time,” a designation not widely liked—how can any time […]

Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels Time traveling is a well-established tradition in animated Christian programming. It began with the Hanna-Barbara classic The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985-1991) and continued with modern productions […]

The Great If: Being Prophet Pilled (The Paradox Press): “Chesterton’s moral edge is found in his observations about the problems in our civilization. ‘Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man,” he wrote […]

On June 11th of this year, as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (and before the June 12th Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), […]

Commencement season can offer a good deal of insight into culture. Historically, commencement speakers aim to reflect the times and the audience. On the cusp of this millennium, legendary science fiction author Ray Bradbury urged Caltech […]