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There is a meme that goes around social media in various forms that states, “Nothing ever happens.” This meme is posted when there is some supposed threat leveled by a foreign government or if a sitting politician vows to raise hell if the opposing party does X, Y, or Z. Basically, the idea is that…
President Trump wants Greenland. He wants it bad. He wants it so much that he’s threatened military action (although he backtracked on that threat earlier this week) and he is willing to upend relationships with longtime allies to achieve his goal. But the question on everyone’s mind is, Why? And the additional question that should…
As seen on the latest Mass of the Ages Discover Tradition travel show, when Americans arrive on the Old Continent, and especially Catholics, they express a peculiar fascination. Some attribute this to the historical and architectural condensation of the old world. Or, related to Spain, that the Peninsula is almost a world reduced in scale….
On June 24, 2022, the pro-life movement won. Roe was overturned. Prayers of thanksgiving went up, corks were popped, and the movement finally exhaled. After 50 years, we finally had a victory—the victory we’d been marching for, praying for, and fighting toward for half a century. But while we exhaled, the pro-abortion movement sprang into…
History is filled with stories of deathbed conversions. Some are reasonably well-attested, others disputed, and still others plainly legendary. Constantine delayed baptism until near death after a life marked by political power and violence. Oscar Wilde is often said to have received Catholic rites at the end of his life, a claim treated cautiously by…
Stuffed in between the Offertory and the Preface is a short but ancient prayer most Catholics probably pay little attention to: the Orate Fratres. The name comes from the Latin and is translated as “Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable…” I contend that Catholics rarely see the coherence of Mass prayers….
It’s been a little more than eight months since Cardinal Robert Prevost was elevated to Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, and he’s still a mystery. There’s more we don’t know about him than we do know. We can all speculate about how his pontificate will play out, but ultimately we need to realize that…
I remember being one of a small number of folks who were privileged to be asked in 2021 to view a rough draft of what would soon become “Mass of the Ages/ Episode II: A Perfect Storm.” Having been interviewed for this documentary in 2020, I was asked for my suggestions for the final cut….
Our humanity is tightly tied to memory, and so we celebrate anniversaries: weddings, births, deaths, ordinations, and inaugurations. This year of our Lord 2026 is no different, and it features two milestones of church and state. Eight hundred years ago, St. Francis surrendered his soul to Our Lord; two hundred fifty years ago, the United…
Teaching is a difficult and generally thankless job. Yet, our society could not function without those who answer the call to this work. From the loving guidance of parents to the necessary correction of a confessor, growth is only possible because of those God has put before us as guides. In a way, we are…
