Francis X. Maier

Rome drastically misreads the CCP’s determination to replace any independent understanding of God or gods with its own omnipotence. Continue Reading »

I’ve been dreading this November for the past year. In half a century of voting, I’ve been worried or frustrated by our public life many times. But 2020 has a unique toxicity, as if the whole nation were heaving, rudderless, on an ocean of poisonous blame. There is no peace and no dignity in our . . . . Continue Reading »

In the Catholic Church, synods of bishops are complex bits of theater. The pope sets the theme, observes the proceedings, and writes the “apostolic exhortation” that translates a synod’s work into teaching. Some post-synodal texts, such as Paul VI’s Evangelii . . . . Continue Reading »

The Family Story Project attempts to “dismantle family privilege” by casting the traditional family as diseased and oppressive.  Continue Reading »

If today’s street violence and political extremism serve any good purpose, it’s this: They remind us that humans have a chronic appetite for destruction. Continue Reading »

At a time when lying, bullying, and violence seem to be making a comeback, the film Mr. Jones is a useful lesson in consequences. Continue Reading »

Unless we reconfigure our lives to understand and act on it, the “new evangelization” will remain just another pious slogan. Continue Reading »

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah see priestly celibacy, and the sacrifices (but also the joy) it entails, as vital to the life of the Church.  Continue Reading »

A review of Austen Ivereigh’s latest book, Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church.  Continue Reading »

Bullshit does not reject the authority of the truth; rather, it pays no attention to it. 
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