Mystics and theologians have long and often used romance as a metaphor for our relationship with God. Many of the challenges we face in our
This is article was first published five years ago but is even more relevant given America’s current social and political environment. If you’ve got about
The claim that “voting for a Democrat is a mortal sin” is one feature of the 2016 presidential election cycle that’s already repeating itself for
The majority of people, especially millennials and Generation Z, have only a hazy idea of socialist and communist theory. They may know and love the
Was the crucifixion of Christ a failure? During his 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S., Pope Francis gave a homily at a vespers Mass at
Ever since the 1988 radiocarbon tests of the Shroud of Turin, the laboratories’ conclusion that the fabric dates from between 1260 and 1390 “with 95%
What is virtue? The Oxford English Dictionary defines virtue as “behaviour showing high moral standards”; with an article (that is, “a virtue” or “the virtue”),
“Pride — it gets ’em every time,” chortles Satan (Al Pacino) at the end of the 1997 film The Devil’s Advocate. Indeed, it does; of
White nationalism and postmodernism constitute a kind of yang and yin in Western politics. Where the latter has fed for many years the worldview of
Wrath — an old-fashioned word, today almost used only in reference to God’s anger and in “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, from which novelist John
Intersectionality theory is the most dangerous political ideology to sweep academia since the 1960s resurgence of Marxism-Leninism, to which it owes a heavy (if not
Sloth — for some of us, it’s a tree-dwelling mammal, especially the dimwitted but loveable Sid from Twentieth Century Fox’s Ice Age franchise. For others,
Envy, in our modern idiom, is treated almost as a joke, a backhanded way of celebrating our neighbor’s good fortune: “I envy you, brother.” “You
Avarice, one of the seven capital (“deadly”) sins, is more difficult to discern in our society than are Gluttony and Lust — at least, it’s
Lust — is it even a sin anymore? British journalist, satirist, and Catholic convert Malcolm Muggeridge once complained of the West, “The orgasm has replaced
Gluttony. It’s not a word we commonly hear or read in conversation anymore. We may merely think of it as a “fat-shaming” synonym for overeating.
Suppose you were to see a boy or young man wearing a shirt which boldly proclaimed, “51% Gentleman, 49% Bastard.” What would be your reaction?
What is the proper end of a nation’s economy? Many if not most of us assume we know the answer to this question, but we’re
A friend of mine posts a meme on her Facebook timeline. It reads: Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about
Do the lyrics of the seasonal ditty “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” illustrate a date rape in progress? That’s the objection which led to Cleveland radio
If you ask me—and I know you haven’t—the current bout of Catholic anger is not only futile but counterproductive. It’s an awkward opinion to hold.
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