Commentary
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…
Critics say Hong Kong Cardinal whitewashes China’s religious persecution
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Monday, September 29, 2025 Criticism is being leveled at Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong after he reportedly insisted that the Chinese-administered territory is free of religious persecution,…
What is a martyr? And is Charlie Kirk one?
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register Friday, September 26, 2025 At the massive memorial held for Charlie Kirk, he was declared a martyr several times. Notably, Vice President JD Vance called Kirk a “martyr for the Christian…
Do animals go to heaven?
R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report Friday, September 26, 2025 No theologian likes being asked about the mortal fate of beloved pets, as it’s sure to hurt feelings. With the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals,…
The Catholic Church should be doing what Charlie Kirk did
Anthony Esolen, National Catholic Register Thursday, September 25, 2025 Prof. Esolen recalls a speaking engagement he had at Yale with Christian students that was interrupted by “protesting” homosexuals. And that memory occasions thoughts about…