Francis X. Maier

The return of Donald Trump may pump the brakes on some of the nastier momentum in our culture, but changing its basic direction is a much bigger, and arguably less likely, task.  Continue Reading »

Pope Francis paid an apparently surprise visit to the home of Emma Bonino, “the Italian politician who successfully campaigned to legalise abortion in the 1970s.” Continue Reading »

 Joy is something more than pleasure; more than material contentment; higher than mere happiness. Continue Reading »

Something is deeply wrong with Rome’s latest treatment of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV). Continue Reading »

After a decade of media outrage, Vatican oversight, victim reparations, and reform, one might expect that the SCV would be allowed a breather to rebuild. Not so.  Continue Reading »

America's complete annihilation by China might be inevitable. Continue Reading »

The Catholic Church needs more priests to help our lay ministries. Continue Reading »

“The Vatican Tomorrow” outlines what the focus of the next pope ought to be in order to strengthen the Church and make up for the damages done by the current pontificate.  Continue Reading »

Joe Mahoney, like so many other good men, believed in, and fought for, and sustained by the witness of his life his country’s best ideals.  Continue Reading »

Pope Francis seeks to speak a common ethical language to a very diverse global audience, but he ends up blessing the direction of mainstream opinion already stated well elsewhere. Continue Reading »