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Bishop Barron on the Power of the Eucharist

Bishop Robert Barron joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Eucharist, and the Word On Fire bookstore. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2022

Signs of the Times

by R. R. Reno

The woke revolutionaries get the headlines. A psychologist speaking at Yale fantasizes about killing “white people.” Princeton’s classics department eliminates Latin and Greek as requirements for undergraduate majors. The media bombard us with warnings about “white supremacy.” It’s easy . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2021

Palm Sunday in Ireland

by David Quinn

The Irish police force has fined Fr. Hughes €500 for saying Mass in public, and he refuses to pay it. Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2021

The Battle to Free the Mass

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

After public witness on the city streets, a big media push, and a petition signed by thousands of Catholics, San Francisco has finally lifted unfair restrictions on public worship. Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2020

We Cannot Live Without the Lord's Day

by John Safranek, M.D.

My spiritual life is the most important aspect of my being, and the Eucharist is the “source and summit” of my faith—yet it was deemed less essential than daycare. Continue Reading »

7 May 2020

The Pandemic and Religious Revival

by Filip Mazurczak

It is possible that the pandemic, rather than leading to uniform religious revival, will increase the piety of some but weaken that of others. Continue Reading »

20 Apr 2020

A Responsible Bishop

by R. R. Reno

Peter Baldacchino, bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico, became the first American bishop to lift a ban on public attendance at Mass. Continue Reading »

17 Apr 2020

Epidemic Danger and Catholic Sacraments

by Thomas Joseph White

That the Church should suspend public masses temporarily is defensible as the most reasonable course of action given the unpredictable nature of the coronavirus. Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2020