Impurity and Self-Idolatry
Our whole human condition is enlightened by understanding the addictive process that leads to impurity. In a sense, all sin is a form of...
Christ, the Hope of Glory
My dear friends, in this Easter season, I’d like to talk to you about hope. Indeed, casually speaking, we have much to “hope” for...
Censoring Films
For those of you conscientious Catholics who also happen to own Netflix accounts, I'm sure you have cringed in your couch cushions at least...
Can Popes be Heretics?
Is the Pope a heretic? should sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but is a charge that has been made by a...
The Ballad of the White Horse: An Epic for the Ages
For years, friends urged me to read The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton, which I proceeded to put on the back burner for...
Where your treasure lies: A spiritual reflection on an election year
 This election cycle, Catholic Americans are presented with the hair-raising choice between Hillary Clinton, a woman whose corrupt record and virulent support for the...
Reading St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans
The letter of St. Paul to the Romans uses the same basic structure found in his other letters. It features one important aspect of...
Secular Franciscans: Who Are They?
(In light of the memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, who was a third-order Dominican, readers may enjoy these reflections from John Baldio, on...
Thanksgiving Day
A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers! Even our American ones who, of course, hold their own day of thanks later...
American Oracles: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt
In 2014 there was an incident in Colorado that would jolt the sensibilities of many older Americans. At one school district, students organized to...
