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Marco Ricci and Sebastiano Ricci’s ‘Landscape with Classical Ruins and Figures’. Credit: Jimlop collectionCan I let you into a secret? I’m increasingly unconvinced by Substack as a format. Perhaps it is odd for someone…
Fraud, Everywhere You Turn, Fraud
By this time everyone has heard about, and forgotten, the massive Minnesota fraud, perpetrated largely by a gang of Somali immigrants. Stories about the rampant covid-benefit related fraud in California never really caught on. But the fraud…
How Frankenstein and The Bride! Make the Battle of the Sexes Worse – Religion & Liberty Online
Adapting Merry Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein is practically a tradition in Hollywood. As is the freedom in adapting it: Consider the Universal Monsters’ classic, which turned the original’s well-spoken creation of mad scientist Victor…
Confronting the Ideology of Inevitability
Protestant dispensationalism holds that the promises made to Israel remain apart from the Church, awaiting fulfillment in a rebuilt Temple, ushering in the Second Coming. Dispensationalism promotes a dangerously detailed interpretation of…
Pope Leo accepts the resignation of Iraqi Patriarch
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Louis Sako, the Iraq-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch of Baghdad, ending his 13-year tenure leading Iraq’s largest Christian denomination. In a separate statement released by the Chaldean…
Chaldean bishop accused of embezzling $270K from California parish
Bishop Emanuel Shaleta pleaded not guilty on Monday to 16 felony charges, including money laundering, during a hearing attended by many of his supporters. The hearing followed his arrest Thursday at San Diego International Airport as he was…
“Lived experience” and moral tradition: rivals or partners?
One question facing Pope Leo XIV will be whether to advance the “new paradigm” for moral theology proposed by Pope Francis and some of his advisors in recent years. As has often happened, the supposed “spirit” of Vatican II was being cited by…
Athletes Acknowledging God – The Catholic Thing
The New York Times reported the words, but the Wall Street Journal didn’t. When Bam Adebayo, two days ago, was asked to describe the moment when he scored 83 points in an NBA game, second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points, he said, “Man, I…
Brothers Tied to Epstein Convicted of Sex Trafficking
A jury in Manhattan has convicted three obscenely wealthy brothers of drugging, raping, and trafficking for sex dozens of young women, including at least one 17-year-old. Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander waged an 11-year campaign of sexual terror…
Defense Dept. Threw Away Almost $100B in Use-it-or-lose-it Spendathon
The Department of Defense — or what President Donald Trump calls the “War Department” — threw away almost $100 billion during a madcap use-it-or-lose-it spending spree in September 2025.The waste included $25 million on luxury food items such as…