Articles on Catholic History and Culture
“To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.” Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
The Solution to the AmChurch Problem
Three timely books are available which diagnose the problem of the American Church and the solution to the problem. Russell Shaw's American Church - The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall and Uncertain Future of Catholicism in [...]
I Love Lucy
St Lucy Not Lucile Ball, but St Lucy is the one I love. It is her feast day today, and here are some reasons why she's important: Firstly, there is the symbolism [...]
Materialism, Manicheanism and the Matrix
Do you remember that stylish film The Matrix? The hero, Neo Anderson, exists in a dull, conformist, monotone and monochrome world. Then he wakes up and is "born again" and enters the world of adventure [...]
Deliver Us From Successful Catholics
What I mean is "successful" in the world's terms. Now that I've returned to America after living in the damp lands for twenty five years, one of the things I find most trying is [...]
A Voice Crying in the Political Wilderness
George Weigel makes a case here that now is the time for a robust and uncompromising form of Catholicism to stand up and be counted in America. As for the opportunity embedded in this [...]
Sin or Sanctity?
Sin is monotonous. Sanctity is totally original. Underneath this observation lurks a deeper truth--that sin is boring. We believe in original sin, but there is nothing original about sin. This is because evil is [...]