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In the immediate aftermath of his conversion, following a life not infrequently strewn with sin, Augustine finally decides in what world he wishes to live. But it could not have been an easy choice to make. Born into the late classical world of a pagan empire, a world where he spent his childhood and early…
Over a century ago, Pope St. Pius X observed that “there are large numbers of Christians in our own time who are entirely ignorant of the truths necessary for salvation.”[1] The same grave assessment was made in 2003 by the man who would be his successor: “It is evident that today religious ignorance is enormous;…
A recent traditional women’s conference effectively blended generations in bringing the Catholic faith to women, reaching young women who came to the event. A Return to Tradition Catholic Women’s Conference was held in late August at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, a parish of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) in Littleton,…
A few years ago, I stumbled upon a stack of old copies of The Chesterton Review at a parish book sale; so naturally, I bought about 20 copies. The first edition I read was an issue focusing on the question of whether G.K. Chesterton was a fascist. The first essay proposed that he was a…
We are on the brink of the 2024 presidential election—which, perhaps more than ever, has us on the brink of preserving this wonderful nation or losing it. Is it true that some Catholics still don’t know for whom they are going to vote, or if they are going to vote? What more do they need…
While we might think that this Sunday we celebrate the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, or the 30th in the in Novus Ordo, in the Vetus Ordo this Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King. As always in these essays we try to get some context, to help us understand better the content of our…
This week I am returning from a retreat in which I was happy to check out of the constant news cycle from the Vatican during the latest installment of “meeting about meeting.” I spent two days editing articles about the joy of the faith: the history of music, Romanitas, Halloween, and more. I wasn’t yet…
I am grateful to Mr. Timothy Flanders for asking me to write this piece in honour of the recently deceased Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais — henceforth referred to as Bishop Tissier as he is commonly called — but I must admit that it is a daunting task to remember such a great man with…
It’s hard to tell if the popularity of certain ideas on Catholic podcasts and social media accounts signals the overall popularity of those ideas or just one small corner of the digital realm. I’d like to think that most faithful Catholics are too busy spending time with their families, building their parish communities, doing charity,…
Is it any coincidence that the leaders of the Catholic Church discovered in 1962 that the Catholic Church must be more “participatory” and less “clerical”—in other words, more democratic? After 2,000 years the Holy Spirit, we are to believe, came upon Holy Mother Church and decided that it was time for this ancient institution to…
