You see it all too often. People throwing principles, nuance, and objective truths out the window in favor of just trying to defend “their side” or “their party.”
When faithful Catholics begin tearing each other apart over policies of the Federal government – the folks who locked us down during Covid, closed our
On January 27, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, opened the plenary session of the dicastery at
As a convert to Catholicism, I still recall the way in which the Church’s teaching about sanctifying grace and mortal sin fundamentally changed the way
Perhaps the most important message out of chaotic Minnesota in months. A Catholic (diocesan) priest, who also offers the Latin Mass, reminds us of the thing that matters most in a moment of darkness and violence like this.
“Let us simplify the picture once again. The core of this crisis consists in moving the center of being from God to man, from the
Another international incident is brewing in Minnesota. Today, it was twenty below zero in Minneapolis, and yet tens of thousands – including many priests and
Cardinal Raymond Burke has said he welcomed the opportunity for cardinals to meet each other, get to know one another and express their concerns about the Church at the January 7-8 extraordinary consistory.
Living under the anti-Catholic persecution of King James I, Shakespeare could not have openly favored the Catholic religion. And yet the Catholic allegory within The Winter’s Tale is so complete that, in many ways, it makes far more sense than the literal meaning of the play.
We have seen in the last eighty years or so a continuous cycle of meddling in foreign affairs – in particular toppling regimes we no longer deem politically or economically convenient to us. We condemn countries that do these operations, but expect us to be able to do them whenever we want to in order to protect our own interests. Our justification is that we are the best country on earth.
Michael Matt sits down with Bishop Athanasius Schneider after the Extraordinary Consistory to talk about his recent meeting with Pope Leo XIV, as well as
The saddest thing about what’s happening here in Minnesota is the apparent rehabilitation of our lunatical governor. This guy has been out of control for
This priest wrote a letter to Pope Leo XIV and his Cardinals at the recent Consistory, which suggests a solution to make the Traditional Latin Mass available once again.
Merely looking at some of the prominent aspects of the “mainstream church” today, we can understand why this is: flamboyant priests like Fr. James
The Extraordinary Consistory, convened by Pope Leo XIV on January 7 and 8, represented a very important and significant moment for understanding the direction that
Sixty years ago, this past Easter, my Texan Baptist Dad, a consummate adventurer, bought a Ford Cortina in London and drove it all the way to the south of Iran where we lived (he was then employed there as an oil company employee.) As a boy of 12, I accompanied him from Switzerland and was dropped off at my Salesian school in Beirut.
Anyone who thinks the Latin Mass is “divisive” needs to watch this true story. The Traditional Latin Mass united Catholics from all over Europe
A Marine veteran’s firsthand warning: militarized police culture, ICE tactics, and the loss of real law enforcement standards in Minneapolis.
An investigation into the Starbucks logo, tracing its origins to ancient fertility goddesses, occult symbolism, and the cultural implications behind its evolving design.
Shortly after the election of Pope Leo XIV, Michael Matt remarked that “the revolution continues,” which remains one of the most apt descriptions of
On the Accompanying Note by the Holy Father Francis by Cardinal Joseph Zen The Pope [Francis] says that, with the Final Document, he gives
When I was a younger man, I worked in law enforcement in a tough neighborhood in South Minneapolis. I made plenty of arrests and
A recent Institute for Family Studies survey underscores how conservatives place a higher value on marriage, parenthood and faith than leftists leading to stark differences in family, wellbeing, and demographics.
The Holy Year is over. Francis’s agenda has finally played out. And now it’s Leo Time! Will it be Francis 2.0, or could there
