On a spring day seven years ago I was driving across Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn feeling unusually right with the world. I felt peaceful and uplifted because I had, a few days before, settled in my mind a difficult, painful question: I would eventually leave my husband. We had children . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Schmitz aptly describes “Biden’s Collegiate Catholicism” (April 2024) in two senses. First, Biden’s agenda takes its ideological cues from, and serves the class interests of, the “most formidable redoubts of Democratic power”: the universities. Second, Biden’s politics embody . . . . Continue Reading »
Men should listen to Butker’s message about the importance of “homemaking” and family life. Continue Reading »
Last month’s anniversary Mass was something of a grand recapitulation of the John Paul II years. Continue Reading »
We’ve got to find ways to check our impulse to demand intimate language be sanitized. Continue Reading »
Some Catholics are concerned about Church unity because of the diverse reactions to issues like the blessing of those in same-sex unions. Continue Reading »
The foundation of the domestic church is marriage, and when I was baptized, my marriage was reborn as a sacrament—with all the graces that entails. Continue Reading »
The Catholic Church needs more priests to help our lay ministries. Continue Reading »
The Catholic Church needs more priests to help our lay ministries. Continue Reading »
Most of us that grew up in the peripheries don’t buy the central premise of this pontificate of making the Church less European. I agree with R. R. Reno’s assertions in “Rome’s Concordat” (March 2024) that this pontificate sounds like a focus group at the World Economic Forum or a DEI . . . . Continue Reading »
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