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Googling Moral Purity
by R. R. RenoGoogle was not doing “the right thing” by firing software engineer James Damore. Continue Reading »
Return of the Vocations Crisis
by Marco TosattiThe Catholics-per-priest ratio is worsening, especially in the West—yet Rome seems inclined to prevent traditional orders from growing. Continue Reading »
Pope Benedict's Red Thread
by Martin MosebachWhenever we have the good fortune to participate in a traditional Mass, we will have Pope Benedict XVI to thank. Continue Reading »
A Church That Is A Home
by Matthew SchmitzConversion—not ecclesial nativism—is the American Catholic tradition. Continue Reading »
The Lost Adolescence of “Like”
by Mark BauerleinThe sooner parents and teachers coach their charges out of the “like” disease, the more their charges will grow and prosper. Continue Reading »
Ecumenism, Influence-envy, Etc.
by George WeigelA recent National Catholic Reporter editorial railed against the group “Evangelicals and Catholics Together,” claiming it is detrimental to American public life. Continue Reading »
On Being a Lapsed Catholic
by Anthony BurgessIn 1967, Anthony Burgess, author of “A Clockwork Orange,” described the pain of being an apostate: “It is with no indifferent eye that I view the flood of worshippers pouring into the Catholic church...I want to be one of them, but wanting is not enough.” Continue Reading »
Recovering a Culture of Affirmation
by R. R. RenoWe need to try to forestall both authoritarian liberalism and conservative revolution in Europe. Continue Reading »
On Blood Moons and Babylonian Whores
by Brandon D. SmithApproaching Revelation as a prediction of imminent catastrophe is far from how John intended his audience to understand his vision. Continue Reading »
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