The Catholic social media erupted last night after Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg took aim at Vice President Pence, callin...

The Problem The recent secular and religious news demonstrates one of the flaws in our society: people prefer our version of reality to what...

Introduction A nyone who has paid attention knows that Catholics [*] in the prolife movement in America are deeply divided these days to the...

In my morning newsfeed, I saw an article about a member of Congress proposing a “gotcha”  bill  that aims to create harassment for lawmakers...

Lately, in discussion of  politics  and Church teaching, we’re seeing a notable increase in what I call “deflection.” By this I mean: 1) A p...

Introduction I had a discussion the other day. The topic involved a site that issued an anti-Francis article, arguing that advocated rejecti...

I try to read from Church writings in different eras when I study. In the medieval period, I’m currently reading On Consideration  by St. Be...