The Flood, Arks, and Happy Monks
Fr. Scott Murray
A review of The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post Christian Nation
By Rod Dreher
Penguin Group USA, 269 pages, $34
After...
Every Child is Already Wanted
(From our archives, which seems a propos given the recent invitees to the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Science, which has created quite a stir,...
Waking Up to God
It is the most phenomenal transformation of the day, born again into consciousness, and like birth, both forced upon us and the fruit of...
Of True Feminism, Early Martyrs and Thomas Aquinas
The paradoxes continue in our modern era, not least of which is that concerning 'gender' and feminism, with two stories that come to mind:
First,...
Sloth and the Vagabond Mind
(by Father Scott Murray)
A few days ago, I joined a high school class discussing âdigital footprintsâ. The teacher asked them to list some âconsâ of...
Catholic Teaching: Counter-Cultural and Necessary
(by John Baldino)
Many of the teachings, traditions and practices of the Catholic Church are in contrast to the beliefs, habits and norms of modern...
The Shadow State and the Rule of Law
Donald Trump and his team are complaining of being stymied in his presidential efforts, to which I will return in a moment. Â Whatever one...
Amoris Laetitia, Mortal and Grave Sin
A rather stark and sobering teaching of the Church is that everyone of adult age on the face of this good Earth, and that...
Motion M103 and the Perilous Ambiguity of ‘Islamophobia’
Tomorrow, our noble Parliament will vote on Motion M103, which is a motion to get into a motion laws forbidding 'Islamaphobia'. Said Motion is...
Reading St. Paulâs 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...