Fr. Hamel was not killed because he was French, but because he was a Christian, and a priest. To find economic or political reasons for his assassination is rather difficult. Continue Reading »
How Natural Family Planning taught me that the body is not a problem. Continue Reading »
It is hard to mourn together while we have different understandings of death and the sacred. Continue Reading »
The rightful place of the Catholic is always alongside the poor, the marginalized, the excluded—all the more so because Catholics have traditionally been overrepresented among the poor, the marginalized, and the excluded in American society. Continue Reading »
When it comes to the end of life, “moral complexity” tempts us to recast our tendency to shrink from commitment to the truth as a kind of sophistication. Continue Reading »
Catholics aren’t wrong to feel that the Democrats and the Republicans have left them. Continue Reading »
The target of this revenge was the root of the West, the West’s living source, even when it is unremembered—namely Christianity.
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A response to Rocco Buttiglione’s reading of Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »
James Earl Massey was different than any other radio preacher I had ever heard. His diction was perfect, his command of the English language was superb, and his style was lively and compelling, though never marked by ostentation. Continue Reading »
Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump for president. Snore. It’s a sign of how out-of-touch our political class has become that they speak of Cruz as a possible presidential candidate. In him, see the rotting flesh of Reaganism, a noble political project that no longer speaks to our time. Continue Reading »
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