The Catholic Church has long assigned special devotions to each month of the year. April is for honoring the Holy Eucharist. This practice of monthly
In looking at the Iran war from a faith perspective, many Catholic voices are rendering opinions (here and here, for instance ) as to whether
Teleology is a philosophical school of thought that evaluates everything by its purpose or goal. It looks at events and conditions by the purpose they
On a brisk January morning in 2007, a lone violinist set up in the L’Enfant Plaza subway station arcade in Washington, D.C. The man opened
There is much depravity, immoral technology, and evil-intent modernism seductively waved in the face of today’s adolescents. Parents need to exercise caution. Catholic parents are
The 40 Days for Life movement has two periods of the year (in the fall and again during Lent) where we “crank up” our efforts
Catholic educator and author Michael Pakaluk began a recent essay at The Catholic Thing with the words “When I taught CCD . . .” Upon
In 1864 Pope Pius IX rejected the view that: the Church ought to be separated from the State. (Syllabus of Errors 55) In 1965 Vatican
As frequent readers of CS may know, I regularly travel to the Middle East. And that’s where I was for this year’s Advent and Christmas
Whether or not Greenland will ever become a US territory is anyone’s guess. But it seems President Donald Trump would very much like this to
One of the subtle but powerful threads running through the New Testament is the recurring theme of haste. When God reveals himself, when Christ is encountered,
Many people habitually emit curse words in everyday conversations. But treating crude language as no big deal is a sign that society has degraded. Today,
This time of year, Christians frequently declare, “Keep ‘Christ’ in ‘Christmas’!” It’s a good motto to follow. But just as important for Catholics is to
Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil. One can even
Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.
Some have thought and still think that God is a punishing God. But nothing could be further from the truth. For instance, I recently was
One of my various apostolates here in Italy is to teach the joys of medieval philosophy to American college juniors studying abroad here in the
A trifecta of special days takes place at the end of every October. And Catholic parents trying to raise their children counter-culturally would do well
Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is credited with the phrase “Happiness is a warm puppy.” It was, perhaps, a foretaste of the internet meme. The phrase
Two essential elements of magic are misdirection and distraction. These two elements enable the magician to perform all sorts of “magic” tricks. Confidence tricksters also
The Latin formula eodem sensu eademque sententia is a traditional theological way of describing sameness-of-meaning. The formula is often quoted as part of an insistence
Pope Pious XI saw it back in the early 1900s. And Pope St. John Paul II saw it still in 1985 – the loss of
