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I’m not a sci-fi aficionado, but Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian film Children of Men has been hitting close to home now—almost twenty years after its screen debut. Set in London in 2027, a worldwide infertility epidemic has prevented any new births from occurring for eighteen years, and humankind faces extinction. Refugees stream into the police…
Many Catholics, on both sides of the political spectrum, continue to struggle with how to cast their votes in November. Some conservative Catholics struggle with the Republican Party’s changed platform and wonder if they can still vote for a Party that’s no longer pro-life. Some liberal Catholics struggle with the impact of excessive immigration on…
The conservative movement is ever in search of intellectual heroes from the past, those to whom we can point as examples to follow. Political conservatives vary in their choice of champions; Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, Burke and Hamilton appeal to different conservatives as thinkers that offer a blueprint for the politics of the…
Ever since the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, the West has been constantly exposed to the rise of anti-Semitism. While this is tragic, equally displeasing has been the increase of Christian persecution in the Holy Land at the hands of Israeli nationals. One would think in the State of Israel, the only country…
On August 28, 1774, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the inaugural beacon of sanctity acknowledged in the United States, came into the world in New York, marking a significant milestone 250 years ago. Canonized by Pope Paul VI on September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Bayley, later known as Seton after her marriage, lived during the early decades…
“Good fences make good neighbors,” says the gruff fellow in Frost’s poem “Mending Wall,” as he and the speaker engage in what seems like a pointless ritual every year after the spring thaw. They walk along the wall between their properties and replace the stones that have fallen, some by the boisterousness of hunters, but…
Last month a social media intern working for the General Secretariat of the Synod posted a poll on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter). The yes/no poll asked: “Do you believe that synodality as a path of conversion and reform can enhance the mission and participation of all the baptized?” One can imagine the thought process of this…
It is election season, and as usual, most of us wish that it would all just go away. And yet, we know instinctively that anarchy is untenable, that there will always be a ruler, and that the organization of the state is primarily to see that the chosen ruler is more than simply the biggest,…
Over the course of my relatively short career as an extraordinary proclaimer of the Word, my audience has responded with blank stares and occasional approving smiles. At least until this past Sunday, when I chose to read the longer version of the 2nd reading. St. Paul, who can sometimes be impenetrably obscure, is extremely and…
Editor’s note: DONATE to this worthy cause HERE. In 2023, I had the honor of being invited by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider to Tanzania, Africa, specifically to a village called Puma. The purpose of my visit was to witness the deeply traditional Catholic life in the area, particularly at a local monastery, and to…
