A sub-category of News.
As readers here must know, the Archbishop of Detroit, Edward Weisenburger, has fired three longtime professors of philosophy and theology at the archdiocese’s seminary, Sacred Heart. The firing took the professors by surprise. He has given no reason for it, except to say that he disagrees with their theology. I do not know what that…
We’re excited for the new school year to begin for all our new and returning students at Mary, Queen of the Home Academy! We are extending the deadline until August 20 to sign up for our High School formation classes. All classes are live and interactive and recorded through the Avila Institute. Any questions? Contact…
In his first address to the College of Cardinals, Leo XIV explained his choice of name was inspired by “Pope Leo XIII [who] in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution.” I knew of Rerum Novarum as the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching, and…
I got back from a 12-day retreat to read the happy news that the Holy Father has confirmed the plans to proclaim St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. I’ve never read much Newman myself, but he seems to be universally respected by all Catholic men of letters… but with a dark side….
My father grew up in Florida, and most of his friends were Cuban. He often heard from them how wonderful Cuba had been before Fidel Castro’s revolution. My father once asked one of his friends how Castro managed to take over the county. He told him it was simple: first they would take over a…
For much of his life, John Henry Newman was a towering figure in the Church of England. A brilliant theologian, preacher, and professor at Oxford, he was widely respected for his intellect and piety. As a longtime Anglican priest, Newman devoted himself to defending the Church of England against both secularism and the perceived errors…
This 8th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite offers us a Gospel passage which is challenging to interpret: the Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16:1–9). The Epistle from Romans 8:12–17 unfolds the mystery of our divine adoption and the contrast between life according to the flesh and life according…
We live in a country whose citizenry have been, almost from the beginning of the Republic, carefully coached to observe all the requisite protocols. What that means, as a practical matter, is, quite simply, keeping religion and politics in separate compartments. In other words, Church and State must never be seen in the same room….
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The problem is that the good news isn’t very good, and we don’t know (yet?) how bad the bad news can be. Yes, you guessed it: I’m talking about “synodality.” The good news is that “synodality” might actually be meaningless. (That raises some questions about why, then, we…
Sir Keir Starmer, His Majesty’s current Prime Minister for Great Britain (he has others—equally all powerful—in his other realms of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and the rest), has sponsored legislation on September 5, 2025—the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill—in the House of Commons which would remove all the remaining hereditary peers. While in…
