LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2024: #3

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

Framed in the mindset of the ever-“alienated” dissident Catholic, the questions raised in these committees seem filtered through the lens of endless grievance. Continue Reading »

5 Oct 2024 0

Writing Mothers

by John Wilson

On Nadya Williams's latest book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient Christianity and the Recovery of Human Dignity. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2024 0

Can Trump Be Trusted on Abortion?

by Carmel Richardson

It now remains for conservatives who care about life to keep the heat on Trump, on Vance, and especially on the Republican Party, to insist that they act and speak to protect life, even as they seek to win the ballot box. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2024 0

Suicide Pods and the Trivialization of Death

by Carl R. Trueman

The suicide pod has the smooth aesthetics of the Apple age. It presents death as an attractive, consumer option.  Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2024 0

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2024: #2

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

As the Synod proceeds, watch for the false binary of opposition between doctrine and pastoral praxis.  Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2024 0

Calling All Aspiring Classical Teachers

by Mark Bauerlein

Every school leader I have recently spoken to has cited parent demand with a smile and staffing burdens with a frown. Continue Reading »

2 Oct 2024 0

German “Synodality” and the World Church

by George Weigel

Why does the Holy Spirit, when speaking in Germany, always speak in the language of German Catholic progressivism? Continue Reading »

2 Oct 2024 0

The Mirror Images of Birth and Death

by Molly DeVito

The suffering of birth brings our beloved child into our arms. The suffering of death brings us, beloved children, into the hands of our Father.  Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2024 0

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2024: #1

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

No criteria have been provided for adjudicating between voices that are genuinely grounded in the faith and those that are grounded in a different spirit. Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2024 0

Harris Would Sacrifice the Filibuster for Abortion

by Emily Erin Davis

Vice President Harris seems to give little thought to destroying a centuries-old tool in the service of abortion-expansion ambition. Continue Reading »

30 Sep 2024 0