Perhaps it is a failure of diplomacy on my side, but my approach to most contemporary political controversies could be summed up in the statement, “You’re nuts! This expression implies The post Remembering Eric appeared first on The Catholic Thing.| The Catholic Thing
Not Rushing to Premature Ecumenism Patriarch Bartholomew 2024 (Source) It is a widely known fact that Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy celebrate Easter on different days. Some years they celebrate E…| Handwritings on the Wall
The legend of modern political theology is well known, and it has received extensive research and documentation. Less so is the legend of the theology of the visible as it relates to the problem of liturgy. For some time now some of us have pondered on a curious historical coincidence: the fact that in 1922 […]| Infrapolitical Reflections
One of the merits of Sandor Agócs’ The troubled origins of the Italian Catholic Labor Movement (1988) is located on the question of Thomism during the rise of a national industrialization and the new centrality of the worker. This is a question that informs the very genesis of modern political thought, so I want to […]| Infrapolitical Reflections
In the operating rooms of Minneapolis’s busiest trauma center, anesthesiologist Andrew Engel regularly cares for gunshot victims. He’s used to the adrenaline of assessing patients in critical condition, stopping their bleeding, and rushing them into surgery. But last week, when Engel got paged with a message saying students from the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Read more... The post The Shock of School Shooting Victims in a Minneapolis ER appeared first on Christianity Today.| Christianity Today
According to his detractors, Francis, in addition to “downplaying” the Church’s condemnation of abortion, failed sufficiently to condemn so-called sexual sins. The post Papal Sins Part II: The Four Papal “Sins” appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
The U.S. Catholic community—numbering 53 million self-identified Catholic adults, or roughly one-fifth of the U.S. population—is complex and layered (as is the phrase “opposition to Pope Francis”).| Contending Modernities
Clearly, after God, it is to Monica his mother that Augustine owes everything. And he heaps upon every memory he has of her, of the great goodness of her life and example, all possible praise. It has long been a commonplace among commentators of the Confessions that the first nine books are about Augustine’s ardent search for truth, [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
Augustine passed on to us, and all posterity, prescient words of wisdom: that even in the most disconcerting and dark of times, beauty, compassion, truth, love, and happiness abound. When the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, the city that had taken the world captive had fallen into captivity. The event was a transformative moment in [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
Grief is a gift, not given for its own sake, but to lead us to an ever-deeper peace. It’s often said that saints beget saints. August 27th the Church honors Saint Monica, and the 28th Saint Augustine, her son. But what we now celebrate in joy Monica first sought with tears, with sorrow that begot [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
AI pronouncements mine our natural hope for an impersonal truth, not by outlasting man like granite, but by appearing to not need him at all. In truth, however, we make the word-collating machines, they feed on our words, and we intervene into their operations in order to produce correct and pleasing results. But in appearance, [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
By prayer, I do not just mean saying prayers or performing prayers of obligation but practising the deep prayer that leads onward beyond first beginnings into the mystic way. It is only here that we will come to know and experience the love that surpasses the understanding. When the constitution on the liturgy was promulgated [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
Russell Hittinger’s new book "On the Dignity of Society" articulates Catholic principles regarding the social order. One of the great themes of the book was the continuity between man’s nature and society. On the Dignity of Society by F. Russell Hittinger Is the history of philosophy full of philosophers rejecting past philosophers? Broadly, this may be [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
There can be little doubt that of the nine books set down to describe Augustine’s life, Book VIII is everyone’s favorite. It is the centerpiece of the story, the necessary hinge on which all the action turns. Not the least of the many astonishing things to be said about Augustine is the fact that it should [...]| The Imaginative Conservative
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Falsely accusing two nuns and a Christian man of trafficking three women in India, Hindu extremists with threats and assault forced the three tribal Christian women to sign a statement against their companions, sources said. “We will gang rape you if you do not do as we say,” the members […] The post Nuns in India Jailed, Christians Assaulted amid Baseless Charges appeared first on Morningstar News.| Morningstar News
(RNS) — After the raid, Biancalani said he is looking to the example of sanctuary churches in the United States, vowing not to surrender: ‘If there are canonical tools to defend hospitality, I will use them.’ The post Police raid ends Italy’s migrant parish; defiant priest vows he won’t surrender appeared first on RNS.| RNS
NEW YORK (RNS) — With federal funding cuts impacting food pantry resources across the nation, faith leaders in New York pledge new collaborations to sustain the city’s food banks and soup kitchens. The post NYC faith leaders look to coordinate as federal cuts strain pantries and soup kitchens appeared first on RNS.| RNS
(RNS) — A scorecard developed by Catholic financial adviser Chris McMahon tells parishes, dioceses and individuals how their investments may conflict with church teaching — and how to change course. The post Financial tool tells Catholics if they are investing in abortion, LGBTQ+ causes and porn appeared first on RNS.| RNS
His sentimentality could lead to the death of European culture The post Will Pope Leo stand up to Islam? appeared first on The Spectator World.| The Spectator World
We have the dual task of pursuing holiness and dealing with a world and a Church in tumult. The post The Mellifluous Doctor and Us appeared first on The Catholic Thing.| The Catholic Thing
Devotees of the Anchoring Truths Podcast are no doubt aware that interest in the moral foundations of law has reached a fever pitch among those in the conservative legal movement. Culture-shaping decisions of the Supreme Court such as in Bostock and Dobbs have focused the attention of lawyers, judges, and scholars to the fact that ... The post Our Natural Law Moment(s) with Dennis Wieboldt first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
I admit: I was in a rush in a bookshop and I picked up Love Forms by Claire Adam because its beautiful cover reminded me of Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, one of my favourite books of the decade. The blurb, promising adopted babies, nuns and an older protagonist, suggested it might be up my street, so I bought it. | reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Fr. Spitzer’s Universe: Exploring Life’s Big Questions| The Russell Kirk Center
NEW YORK (RNS) — Choirs that once packed Brooklyn sanctuaries now sing to smaller crowds as pandemic-era streaming lingers and gentrification reshapes Black neighborhoods.| RNS
Eighteenth-century America was predominantly Protestant, and the Thirteen Colonies suffered from a virulent strain of anti-Catholicism. Despite this, the mostly-Protestant Founding Fathers, while being greatly inspired by their Protestant English forebears, were greatly inspired by Catholic thinkers as well. The United States was not established as a Christian country, with American diplomats asserting in 1797: […] The post “In the Cause of American Liberty:” Catholic Contributions to I...| Journal of the American Revolution
The essay “Por nada del mundo. Anarquismo y Catolicismo”, by Spanish poet and essayist José Bergamín, should be read as a wartime reflection on the historical impasse of the Spanish Civil War. Firs…| Infrapolitical Reflections
The atomic theory in Kilburn| Bowblog
Our latest writing is now published on Substack. Follow our weekly content there at https://thinkingwest.substack.com/ We continue to highlight the great minds and ideas that built the West through in-depth articles on history, culture, literature, and the Great Books. We’d love for you to subscribe over there!| ThinkingWest
Met Antony Bashir's 1964 talk on Orthodox-Catholic rapprochement is interesting for the history of Orthodox responses to Vatican II and the role that that Melkite Catholic Church played in it. It should be read alongside the essay by Melkite Catholic Patriarch Maximos Sayegh that was published in the Word the previous year. The talk is also noteworthy for its discussion of Western Rite Orthodoxy within the context of the problem of Uniatism.| Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
After Met Antony Bashir published a rather negative assessment of the Melkite Catholic Church in 1957, it is interesting to see that in 1963 the Word magazine, under his direction, published a lengthy essay about Eastern Catholic identity by the Melkite Catholic Patriarch Maximos IV Sayegh. There can be little doubt that this is a sign of the rapidly warming ecumenical relations during the Second Vatican Council, and much of what the patriarch says foreshadows the Balamand Document and Zoghb...| Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
A look at four more unsung heroes from the Australian continent, including the great Frank Sheed! (essay by Joseph Pearce)| The Imaginative Conservative
I know, I know … I know. Wrong holiday, dude! Christmas was three months ago—this one’s supposed to be about Jesus! Believe me: in just a ten-day survey, there were Jesuses, crucifixes, arrows, death beds, and blood aplenty. Dyed eggs and bunnies? Notsomuch. If your author had properly thought ahead, maybe he’d have been able … Continue reading Big Mary Country: An Orbit Vacation Postcard from La Tierra de María, México| Pittsburgh Orbit
At the beginning of the re-establishment of the Word as the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America's official magazine, | Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
At the beginning of the re-establishment of the Word as the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America's official magazine, | Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
John Plunkett defended the dignity of the natives of Australia; Caroline Chisholm defended the dignity of vulnerable immigrants to Australia. In doing so, they offer a living witness to the Lord’s commandment that we love our neighbors. (essay by Joseph Pearce)| The Imaginative Conservative
https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/guarded-by-two-jaguars Max Conrad: You argue that Catholicism as a religion facilitates heteroglossia and is ultimately shaped – formed and reformed – by dialogue, particularly the words and actions of laypeople. The divide in how Mainstream and Charismatic Catholics view religious authority seems to mirror other differences you outline in the book, such as hymns: catechistic, […]| CaMP Anthropology
Because the question of the veneration of St Gregory Palamas by Eastern Catholics comes up from time to time on social media, I thought it m...| araborthodoxy.blogspot.com
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held chapters of Catholic Charities are religious entities eligible for tax-exempt status.| NonDoc
David G. Bonagura, Jr.: Catholicism and the liberal arts will continue a downward trajectory so long as a utilitarian ethos shapes our world.| The Catholic Thing
In an article dedicated to the reading of literary fiction, the remarkable Jesuit Father James V. Schall, one of the founders of The Catholic Thing, recalled the opinion of Rudolf| The Catholic Thing
Rosa Mistika is a Swahili classic by one of Tanzania’s most revered writers, Euphrase Kezilahabi. It was banned upon publication in 1971 and translated into English by Jay Boss Rubin... READ MORE| Yale University Press
(RNS) — The Italian teenager, whose classmates barely knew he was religious, will be made a saint in September.| RNS
Beauty has an important place in the central activities of Catholic education. Learning requires discipline but deep down is a feast for the mind and heart. (essay by Andrew Seeley)| The Imaginative Conservative
In the prologue to his new book The Last Supper, Paul Elie remembers being a young man in the 1980s, “riding the D train with The Village Voice and the Pensées in a black messenger bag.”| Compact
I’ve written a new piece about two philosophers – Raymond Geuss and the late Alasdair MacIntyre – for the Marginalia Review of Books. There’s no paywall. You can read it her…| Benjamin Studebaker
Dr. Matthew Dal Santo joins Spencer to discuss his Communio article (https://www.communio-icr.com/articles/print/a-theological-reading-of-the-russian-regime-sergei-bulgakov-and-the-theocra) on Russia’s political regime. We discuss some of the distinctions between being “sub-theocratic”, “post-theocratic”, and anti-theocratic, as well as how these categories intersect with genuine and degraded theologies. This podcast is brought to you by Spencer Hess with the support of The Maurin ....| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
Next Monday, December 16, we will be joined by Harry Murray for his second of four sessions on topics of his choice, related to Personalism and the Catholic Worker Movement! This upcoming session Harry will be presenting on the philosopher and theologian, Nikolai Berdyaev. To attend either this live session and discussion or watch the ... Read more| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
Some New World Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age By: Peter Harrison Capital Hates Everyone Fascism or Revolution By: Maurizio Lazzarato The Worlds of Public Health Anthropological Excursions 1st Edition By: Didier Fassin Silent Coup How Corporations Overthrew Democracy By: Claire Provost, Matt Kennard The Need for Roots By: Simone Weil On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy A Theological Vision ... Read more| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, live on Zoom In collaboration with our friends at the Canterbury House in Chicago, we are hosting a Personalism roundtable discussion. Inspired from philosophers and writers such as Peter Maurin, Emmanuel Mounier, Nikolai Berdyaev, and many others. Some of the questions we will be pondering: The structure ... Read more| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
Franz Jägerstätter and Fr. Gabriel Gay are two lesser-known victims of the Nazis. May their prayers deliver Europe from the wolves of secularism and restore the European nations to the Faith which forged them. (essay by Joseph Pearce)| The Imaginative Conservative
RNS — While some cardinals emphasized continuity with Pope Francis, others put the spotlight on tradition.| RNS
Paschal Candle Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14 I hope everyone had a blessed and happy Easter and Happy …| Veil of Veronica
Pope Francis is dead. He died by a suspected cerebral stroke Monday morning April 21, 2025. One day after Easter. World leaders are coming to Rome in the next few days for the Pope’s funeral. Every…| The Cripplegate
The Roman Catholic leader “built bridges on the foundation of relationships” with Protestant ministers in Argentina.| Christianity Today
Basilica of Saint Peter by Carlo Armanni from Pixabay. Pope Francis envisions human fraternity in his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti. This essay explores how “fraternal pluralism” guides the Church’s respect for personal conscience. This teaching reflects aspects of earlier Church history and the Vatican II document Dignitatis Humanae, and it can be illustrated by examining…Read More| Canopy Forum
Translated from: Asad Rustum, Kanisat Madinat Allah Antakya al-'Uzma [The Church of the Great City of God Antioch], Jounieh: Editions St. Paul (1988), vol. 3, pp. 1141-143 | Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
Translated from: Asad Rustum, Kanisat Madinat Allah Antakya al-'Uzma [The Church of the Great City of God Antioch], Jounieh: Editions St. Paul (1988), vol. 3, pp. 135-141 | Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
Translated from: Asad Rustum, Kanisat Madinat Allah Antakya al-'Uzma [The Church of the Great City of God Antioch], Jounieh: Editions St. Paul (1988), vol. 3, pp. 130-135. | Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
I received a question recently about Romans 3:23, which states, “… all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (King James Version). The inquirer| Catholicism Explained
Many contemporary narratives cast the so-called “Dark Ages” as a period defined by intellectual stagnation and cultural regression, frequently attributing these trends to the influence of Christianity. Critics argue that the Church’s pervasive power stifled innovation and suppressed alternative modes of thought. However, a closer examination of the historical context reveals that the Church emergedContinue reading "How Christianity Civilized the Dark Ages"| ThinkingWest
I decided that this article was very sorely needed, as I have encountered some Traditional and Conservative Catholics who are making it a badge of honor to either not vote in the coming presidential election, or else proudly advocating throwing our votes away on third party candidates with no chance of winning. In past years […] The post The Catholic Moral Obligation to Vote for Donald Trump on November 5th first appeared on CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP.| CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP
Photo: George Weigel I recently came across a column by Dr. John Crosby, titled “Trump: On Counting the Cost,” in which he shared his perspective of the election particularly as a challenge to Catholic supporters of Mr. Trump. Other prominent Catholic writers such as George Weigel and Dr. Robert George raised similar concerns in the […] The post Why the Nevertrumps Were Wrong first appeared on CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP.| CATHOLICS 4 TRUMP
There’s been a dustup over love. No, I’m not talking about Taylor and Travis, who seem to be doing swimmingly. It’s JD Vance.| Compact
A faithful catechist in Fr. Martin Hilbert’s parish came to see him. “Father Martin,” she said, “I have been teaching children about Adam and Eve, just as the Catechism tells us. But we can’t be expected to believe that, can we? What is the real story?” Source| Books – Discovery Institute
Some Protestant churches, though not most, teach that baptism is valid only when someone submerges ("dunks") a candidate in water. Consequently, some Protestant| Catholicism Explained
Instead of a sole emphasis on religious tolerance, media coverage of any visit by Pope Francis should also acknowledge social justice and environmental justice.| Indonesia at Melbourne
Interested to learn more about converting to the Catholic faith? Check out our insights on the process of conversion to the Catholic Chruch.| About Catholics
Shall we venture to make a meditation on the love of God? Such a vital subject, for where should we be, if God didn’t love us? And what use are we, if we don’t love God? And yet a difficult subject, terribly difficult. (essay by Ronald Knox)| The Imaginative Conservative
In our journey of liberal learning, we will, both students and teachers, find ourselves in the presence of the goodness of truth and the beauty of being. We will linger there in that presence, contemplating, knowing that this goodness of truth and this beauty of being is a reflection of the One who is Being itself. (address by George Harne)| The Imaginative Conservative
For Dawson and Kirk, St. Augustine served as both the lodestar in confronting the evils of the world and as a means by which the modern traditionalist should navigate in turbulent ideological waters. (essay by Bradley Birzer)| The Imaginative Conservative
Few popes have lived in more perilous times than Pius XI and fewer still have shown as much courage in the midst of peril. (essay by Joseph Pearce)| The Imaginative Conservative
Explore the philosophical and theological nuances of sin, examining its gravity and relationship to God's law and reason.| Catholic Q&A
In Mary’s body, we see the total gift of God’s grace in raising and glorifying our lowly bodies to that “lofty goal” unattainable by our own efforts. All the evil which eats up our bodies—our diseases, discomforts, lusts, and addictions—will be trampled upon not by abandoning the body, but by glorifying it. (essay by Bro. Thomas Nee)| The Imaginative Conservative
Liberty is not the right to do whatever I please, nor is liberty the necessity of doing whatever the dictator dictates; rather liberty is the right to do what I ought. Furthermore, “ought” is intrinsically related to purpose. The best way of finding out why a thing was made is to go to its maker. “Why did God make you?” (essay by Rev. Fulton Sheen)| The Imaginative Conservative
Vance was elected as Ohio’s junior senator in the 2022 midterm elections and was a well-known author with Hillbilly Elegy| The Spectator World
Moving ourselves out from under the noise of the day to day, even for a little while, is beautiful, and it can be healing, especially when interwoven with prayer.| This Catholic Family
Lorelei Savaryn reflects upon a visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Champion during Advent.| This Catholic Family
My kids love to bring home items from the "Free to Take" table at our parish. This often means we're coming home with prayer cards, or pictures of the Divine Mercy, or little trinkets from religious organizations that send out things in the mail. One day this summer, I was rifling through a drawer in our kitchen that contained many items from the "Free to Take" table, and I found a relic of St. Anthony preserved inside a metal frame!| This Catholic Family
Many of the book lists for Catholic families often feature classic stories that are many years old. There is certainly something to be said for a timeless tale, and the books on these lists absolutely deserve a place on the shelf, but there are also many more recent titles that are worthy of designation. The booklist below contains beautiful stories for Advent and Christmas that have come out within the past six years.| This Catholic Family
The Catholic History of Halloween, Trick-or-Treating, and Whether or Not We’ll Let Our Kids go to a Haunted House!| This Catholic Family
By chance I was recently introduced to the ideas of Oswald Spengler – a German intellectual of the early 20th century whose claim to fame is the two-volume work The Decline of the West. The essential idea of Spengler is that civilizations may be described similarly to organisms, which either thrive, survive, or stagnate andContinue reading "The Great Tree of Western Civilization"| ThinkingWest
Thermopylae, Tours, Vienna—throughout the West’s history were a number of battles that scholars can point to and say ”this was the moment the West was saved.” Rescued from destruction at the last minute with the fate of a continent resting on a knife’s edge, battles offer a discrete point of separation between a culture’s continuationContinue reading "The Monk Who Saved Western Civilization"| ThinkingWest
When most of the Western democratic world are mourning the senseless murder of unarmed cartoonists in Paris, and rallying in huge numbers to reaffirm such basic values as freedom of speech and the right to criticize and resist religious bullying and authoritarianism, Pope Francis I took this moment as the perfect time to blame the victims and reassert exactly the opposite values:| Moderates of all Nations, Unite!
The reader might wonder about the relation between the previous post and my discussion of Arman Razaali. If I could say it is more likely that he was lying than that the thing happened as stated, w…| Entirely Useless
On the occasion of a new friend having entered into the Catholic Church this past Christmas and in gratitude to another new friend who has been like a nagging little brother to me, I wanted to comp…| Casual Histrionics
I’ve uploaded Episode 2 of Vocatio and this month we have been discussing Mary and the Divine Comedy. As usual, I wanted to post my presentation notes here in a blog post although I don’…| Casual Histrionics
I had a lovely time answering questions about the Catholic faith . I hope this has been helpful to all those walking this road with us ! I (who lean esoteric-or try to) was joined on the panel by m…| Casual Histrionics
I haven’t been posting much since I’ve been continuing to work on my Dante book that I’ve mentioned before and have resolved to work on it until the end of March at the very least…| Casual Histrionics
