A sub-category of News.
Sara Milliken, a 23-year-old plus-sized model, has recently been crowned Miss Alabama, igniting a fierce debate that stretches far beyond the confines of a single beauty pageant. While Sara celebrated her victory in the National American Miss pageant over Memorial Day weekend, her joy was soon overshadowed by a deluge of online abuse. Online critics…
Last weekend the conservative organization Turning Point USA hosted a major convention in Detroit featuring top conservative figures like Vivek Ramaswamy, Kristi Noem, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Charlie Kirk (the founder of Turning Point). The big draw was Donald Trump as the keynote speaker. What I saw at the convention was instructive for understanding the…
A new study has attempted to discredit the infamous pew study from 2019 which showed the dismal reality of Catholic liturgical catechesis, that even among practicing Catholics very few believe in the Real Presence. If this new study is indeed more accurate, then this is good news! From the Reporter: — The Pew study asked…
Above: French President Emmanuel Macron with His Holiness. Photo credit. A fascinating takeaway from last week’s European parliamentary elections is the extent to which French Catholic voters have not so much drifted but hurled themselves to the right. According to an exclusive survey by French pollster IFOP for news site La Croix, 42 percent of…
Those of us of a certain age remember the illustration in the Baltimore Catechism when it came to talking about how three sacraments—Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders—imprint a spiritual “character” on the soul that cannot be effaced and which, therefore, renders those three sacraments unrepeatable. The picture was usually of two little kids with Jesus…
One reason I was so eager to visit Uganda was to witness its reputed vibrant Catholicism. Uganda is about the geographic size of Oregon (4.5 million population) and has a population of 45 million. Those I spoke with told me that 100 percent of Ugandans believe in God. Catholics are the majority at 39.3 percent…
Is the Vatican Going to As we approach the third anniversary of the new iconoclastic regime in the Vatican (which began with Traditionis Custodes), our friends at Rorate have put out a significant and urgent appeal to Trads worldwide: — Dear readers, Once again, as at least twice in the past (before the crackdown on…
I have never heard even one remotely persuasive argument why Catholics should read or watch the news. To the contrary, to fulfill their duty as responsible citizens who contribute to the common good, most Catholics should probably stop doing so. Indeed, in many cases, watching the news is a sin. An honest assessment of why…
The best writers are often those who aren’t just writers: they are adventurers as well. Two of my favorite authors in this category are Hilaire Belloc and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Today, I’ll dive into the former’s exploits on land and sea. Unlike his somewhat more famous friend G.K. Chesterton, the inimitable Belloc was a much…
The Document Fiducia Supplicans, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 18, 2023, and approved by Pope Francis, regarding the possibility of granting “simple,” “spontaneous,” “short,” and “non-liturgical” blessings to couples cohabitating in adultery or in same-sex relationships, deeply and detrimentally affects the Catholic Church as a whole, as well…
