The Church

Learning to Love

Mattias A. Caro

The Sanctifier has to work through our sense of humor. Good laughter comes because we can appreciate how even serious moments and people have levity to them. 

The church

A Shared Bloodline of Martyrdom

Stephen Adubato

The ready acceptance of death affirms the veracity of the God of the martyrs, 

The church

A Hidden Life

Stephen Adubato

The essence of Christian morality “lies in living the moment within this tension toward the Infinite."

The church

Extraordinary Season in an Extraordinary Time

Kyle Herrington

Like Christ, we must respond to this desert with intensity and to make this time set-aside more definitive for our discipleship.

The church

COVID-19: The Church Can Be Proactive & Peaceful

Audrey Pollnow

Our efforts to decrease the death toll of COVID-19 must be carried out with simplicity and detachment.

The church

Holiness in an Unholy Time

Ralph Capone

Earthly utopias, worldly cares and approbation are not the proper concerns of the Church. 

The church

Alexander Tschugguel's Bid to Save the Church in Europe

Charlie Ducey

What to make of those who dunk idols in the river? 

The church

Christian Dialectic and the Franciscan Church

Andrew M. Haines

The things we most cherish demand a “Platonic turn,” one that reaches into the muck of incomplete ideas, and with a bit of virtuous unknowing produces a glimpse of goodness worthy of deep affection.

The church

Temple Holy, Pilgrim's Joy

Gabe Jones

That jewel which fire could not destroy 
Some divine grace thou didst employ

The church

Goodness (still) Exists

Kyle Herrington

To affirm that “God is” and live in this awesome reality is the challenge of discipleship.

The church

How to Understand the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis

Andrew M. Haines

The sooner we reject false fatalism, the sooner we can get on with addressing the Church's deepest problems at their root.

The church

'Man By Man, Become a Choir'

Andrew M. Haines

We should demand bishops who are willing to accept their "special responsibility." And we should strive to be as harmonious as possible.

The church

We Still Need Apostolic Bishops

Andrew M. Haines

For all the failures of the American bishops, it would be foolish to suppose they're anything less than successors to the Apostles. But if we believe this, we should vigorously demand it. 

The church

Avoiding Social Media's Toxic Catholicism

Mattias A. Caro

We can't possibly be part of a solution to the current crisis. We are also not part of the problem. But we'll never know enough to resolve it.

The church

The Synod and the Crucible

Andrew M. Haines

The youth synod is timely, but extremely ironic. We can't really hope that trends in faith or vocations will change anytime soon.

The church

My Meeting with Cardinal Law

Andrew M. Haines

My Catholic identity still rests on elements of faith instilled in my childhood. Not on a keen sense for sniffing out good churchmen.

The church

Is the Catechism Irrelevant?

Andrew M. Haines

The Catechism, today, shows more about the distortions of Catholic intellectualism than a failure by the Church to teach the truth.

Theology The church

Pope Francis and the Death Penalty: Has the Church's Teaching Changed?

Andrew M. Haines

Francis's teaching on capital punishment represents a discontinuity in the life of the Church. But one that highlights a deeper continuity.

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Sex and the City of God

Andrew M. Haines

We're all victims, and enablers, in a culture of addiction that's endemic to Christians as much as anyone else.

Virtue The church

Talking with Jesuits

Andrew M. Haines

The present moment, both for the Church and for humanity, is one that we should entrust a bit more to "jesuitical" brilliance.

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