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Neo-atheist Sam Harris once remarked that William Lane Craig, Christian philosopher and acclaimed debater against deniers of God, had “put the fear of God” into his fellow atheists. For me, it was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen who instilled the fear of God in my own soul. Beyond his powerful voice and dramatic delivery, it was…
While the debate is settled whether curiosity killed the cat, it should be added that it can kill the Catholic, as well. Therefore, Catholics like Candace Owens should be cautious about what the Catechism calls “unhealthy curiosity.” Truth warrior as she has been, many sense that Candace has departed from the path of truth in…
On March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a watershed ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case that set the binding, nationwide precedent that schools cannot secretly socially transition a gender-confused minor. The majority per curiam opinion is less than 1,800 words. Since September 2022, I have spent just over 1,800 hours working…
February 24, 2026, marked four years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the latest analysis, peace negotiations have reached a deadlock, and one of the reasons is the issue of 10 percent of the territories in Donbas, which Ukraine does not intend to give away. As a native of Donbas,…
Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary By Charles A. Coulombe TAN Books Hardcover, 424 pages Charles Coulombe’s latest book is a fascinating, well-written and compelling biography of Zita, last empress of Austria and last queen of Hungary. Zita’s husband Charles, the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was beatified by the Church in…
While at first it might seem unusual for an American to be writing in praise of monarchy, in fact, a scholarly American writer may, ironically, be in a better position than many others to praise this most ancient of institutions. So it is with Charles Coulombe, author of the recently-published book, The Compleat Monarchist; a…
The Internet is often a place where personal prudential decisions are dogmatized into supposed principles, then applied to everyone. It is even, on occasion, an opportunity to cloak personal failures in pious-sounding “rules” which you, mere mortal, frankly are just not traditional enough to comprehend. It may come as no surprise that such behavior is…
Back in November 2025, Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of St Pius X, paid a visit to Great Britain. This visit was routine, in the sense that canon law requires that superiors visit their subordinates at regular intervals. On this occasion, amidst the canonical duties carried out, Don Davide gave a conference…
On the far end of South Philadelphia, at the end of its seemingly endless labyrinth of tight, narrow streets, is a small, gold-capped, domed church with its crumbling stairs facing the public sidewalks along 24th Street. Its cornerstone commemorates the construction of the new church in 1923, under the jurisdiction of the “Holy Ghost Byzantine…
When Catholic hierarchs speak about economic issues, I beg them to keep in mind the following. Vice riddles the soul. You can no more raise a vice-ridden person out of poverty than you can fill with water a bucket punched full of holes. Vice does not necessarily result in poverty, but it does keep the…
