Commentary
How will the USCCB move on from ‘Durbingate’?
When Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that he would not give an award next month to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, he also offered a statement explaining why he’d offered the award in the first place, and what he hoped would come after a…
‘Child-Free’ zones are killing Europe
It’s no secret that the West is increasingly hostile to children. Long think-pieces are written about the ethics of taking babies on planes. A rambunctious toddler is likely to earn disapproving glares in even the most casual cafés and…
The sex talk: Explaining it all to kids
Having “the talk” is typically not something parents look forward to doing with their kids. We know it’s going to be awkward, but we know it has to happen. Choosing the right moment takes a good deal of discernment. You don’t want to speak up…
Course-correcting the Sexual Revolution – The Catholic Thing
In Victims of the Revolution, Nathanael Blake does two important things with convincing skill. He explains in persuasive detail how the sexual revolution of the late twentieth century “liberated” millions of people to be miserable, in bed and…
What we owe to St. Jerome
John M. Grondelski, National Catholic Register Thursday, October 2, 2025 In 382, Jerome went to Rome as secretary to Pope Damasus I. Damasus encouraged Jerome’s work, but Jerome’s ascetic bent and sharp personality set him at odds with the Roman…
Charlie Kirk’s killer was porn addicted
The depth of Tyler Robinson’s involvement in the highly sexualized subculture of people dressed in animal costumes is not clear, but two things appear to be true. First, Robinson watched porn, and if he was accessing “furry” content, likely a…
Bible goes on trial in Finland
Jonathon Van Maren, European Conservative Wednesday, October 1, 2025 After six years, a ‘Bible Trial’ in Finland is entering the final stage, and the religious liberty of Christians in Finland, and perhaps all of Europe, is riding on the final…
What is ‘transhumanism’? – The Catholic Thing
Fr. Michael Baggot, Catholic News Agency Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Transhumanism’s advocates describe it as “the intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally improving the human condition…
Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas: ‘I would probably be a priest’ but for bigoted bishops
Had the bishops in his home state of Georgia taken a stronger stand against racism when 19-year-old Clarence Thomas attended seminary in the late ’60s, he says he might be a priest today, not a U.S. Supreme Court justice, but he was so…
The Pastoral Value of Doctrine
Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, Catholic World Report Monday, September 29, 2025 Masses, marriages, baptisms, confessions, funerals: the list of issues that a parish priest is confronted with could be extended almost ad infinitum. However, what role the…