Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Not Peace but a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam

Robert Spencer, Not Peace but a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam. San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2013, p.251. By Scott Ventureyra Robert Spencer is...

The Mystery Hidden For Ages in God, or, Why Aren’t Catholics Holier Than They...

On his visit to our college a number of years ago, the late Jesuit priest and scholar Father Koterski mentioned a book that he...

Reaction

In the past week, there has been a lot of rough weather. The worst of it, or at least the worst that has gotten...

Jordan Peterson: Uncertain Prophet?

(The author here, a professor who wishes to remain anonymous for professional reasons, strikes a note of caution concerning the popular Dr. Jordan Peterson,...

A Church reacting well, wisely, and properly

We haven’t heard very much about the so-called clergy abuse crisis recently, but you can be sure that if the mainstream media manages to...

5th. Sunday of Easter: Abide in Me as I abide in you

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abide in the vine, neither...

A Little Lenten Reflection

As the universal Church begins the anticipatory and penitent season of Lent, it is important to take a moment to understand the season’s meaning...

Relativism and the meretricious hero

The word altruism is defined as concern for another without regard for injury to oneself. It is used, usually in psychology, to describe heroism—the...

Scandalous and Sacred Fashion

I must admit that I have trouble keeping up with the via mundi, the ways of the world, and have this abiding, if inchoate and...