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Above: the Sacred Heart of Jesus enthroned as King in the heart of society. The noise of the world is loud, at times unbearable, and it rattles not only our bodies but our souls, which too many of us choose to ignore. I’m not only referring to music, social media, and podcasts, but also to…
Above: prayer service with His Holiness and His Majesty King Charles III of England. Vatican Media. A “meeting of equals,” an “end” to a 500-year “divide,” and a breakthrough in ecumenical relations – such were the reactions of the world’s press to the historic state visit by the British Monarch to the Holy See yesterday….
If you were to enter into a social setting and comment on propriety, you’d most likely be laughed at. Perhaps you would be considered a prude or a snob; the notion of “propriety” is by no means en vogue in most circles today. And the expression “lack of propriety” sounds archaic—a turn of phrase to…
On September 29, 2025, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping demanded that the pace of Sinicization of religions—that of bringing them in line with the principles of Maoism, which sought the total eradication of religion through the destruction of thousands of houses of worship and the imprisonment, torture, and murder of…
One hundred years ago, on October 24, 1925, Luciano Berio, one of the most significant figures in 20th-century Italian music, was born in Oneglia, in northwestern Italy. As with reflections on other great artists, it is worth preemptively addressing an observation that a curious reader might make: with his three marriages and a worldview far…
Most of us who were alive during the 1970s will instantly recognize the piano intro to the Carpenters’ massive pop hit “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The song goes on to sing the praises of the beloved and his many attributes. The song’s central aspiration is…
I was raised Catholic—the kind of Catholic who knew the smell of incense before the sound of morning cartoons. My father was (and still is) a farmer, my mother a care nurse tending to the elderly in their final days. We weren’t poor, but we were acquainted with struggle. So when Pope Leo recently declared…
I lost eight years’ worth of photos from a botched transfer when I got a new phone recently. I thought they were safe in the all-knowing cloud, but I guess I was sorely mistaken. I was able to salvage some by taking a picture of the picture before the old compromised phone was wiped clean;…
There has been much speculation and anticipation regarding the subject of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. He recently released his first papal document, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation begun by Pope Francis. Leo reportedly made some edits to the document and added some personal reflections, but he largely seemed to leave it intact, apparently wanting…
When I tell people I go to Christendom College, the reaction is almost always the same: a raised eyebrow, a polite smile, and then, “Wait, that super strict Catholic school?” Yep. That’s the one. To be honest, I kind of thought the same thing before I enrolled. I wasn’t raised Catholic. I’m a convert who…
