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In my study of the current crisis in the Church, I have learned that it can all be summed up by one core problem: a collective lowering of the bar. Every parent, teacher, coach, manager, supervisor, or babysitter knows that children are overachievers. They will do anything they can to meet your expectations, no matter…
Recently an old friend passing through town stopped by for dinner. As family physicians and contemporaries who have confided in each other through professional and personal events over the years, my friend (I’ll call him Tom) and I reminisced about how much the world—and the practice of medicine—have changed over the years. At one point,…
March saw the YouTube release of Guardians of Tradition, the third and final episode in the Mass of the Ages trilogywhich chronicles the liturgical changes since Vatican II and shows the appeal of the traditional Latin Mass (TLM). I have two slight criticisms of this episode, but it concludes a valuable mission and should be…
Above: the ugly “progress of human dignity” on display in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. Yesterday I discussed some of the important aspects which contextualise the new document on the “infinite dignity” of the human person (Dignitas Infinita). Without claiming to be an exhaustive analysis, we intend here to present the conflicted nature…
“These are my people,” I thought to myself as I listened to the panel of speakers. Or at least as much as people I had never met could be. And I never did meet any of those speakers as it turns out. It was the last day of the “Symbolic World Summit,” in Tarpon Springs,…
Naturally the piece I recently wrote for Crisis, “Modern Catholic Recovery Conference,” provoked wildly different responses. Some who fully endorsed my expressions of distress at so many lamentable elements in the modern church were almost giddy with delight at my humorous proposals. Others misconstrued my purpose and thought I was mocking the TradRecovery conference in…
Just in time for your Annunciation Observed meditation, His Holiness and His Eminence have released a new document, “Dignitas Infinita.” In its press release, Tucho “Heal me with your Mouth” Fernández is already taking shots at the laity from his castle atop the clericalist iconoclast regime of Francis. Before we even begin to digest and…
My wife recently discovered a video featuring an audio recording of Bishop Fulton Sheen reciting the 15-decade rosary. Sheen’s riveting prose, coupled with his commanding voice and bejeweled with a slide show of some of the finest sacred art ever produced, makes for a thoroughly engaging experience. When I first viewed this recording and contemplated…
The Day has arrived. The Great 2024 North American Solar Eclipse occurs today, and weather permitting, millions of observers in the path of totality are in for some amazing heavenly sights. While many are excited about this celestial event, the Eclipse has also sparked apocalyptic talk among many Christians, including not a few Catholics (who…
“Happy Easter”, we still say 7-day week afterward because, liturgically speaking, it has still been Easter Sunday during this Octave. A liturgical Octave is an eight-day arc that vibrates in anticipation of the “eighth day” of eternal rest beyond the 7-day cycle of creation. We stop the liturgical clock so that we can rest in…
