Author: Steve Skojec

Steve Skojec & Tim Gordon on The Return of the Female Deacons Question
Yesterday, I pinged Tim Gordon about an article on a new international symposium entitled, “Towards a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood.” In it, I caught the following line: “And among the issues that will be discussed are mandatory priestly celibacy …

Hoeppner Case Highlights Pope’s Deeply Troubling Track Record on Clerical Abuse
Pope Francis is perhaps most controversial for his theological positions or his populist progressive sentiments, but what is often overlooked in evaluations of this lightning rod of a papacy is his absolutely abysmal record on clerical sex abuse. He has …

Cardinals Parolin & Becciu Implicated in Italian Warrant
Gianluigi Torzi is an Italian businessman at the center of a Vatican real estate investment scandal involving hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the purchase of a building in London. In June of 2020, Torzi was arrested by Vatican …

Jordan Peterson on Faith: Is Christ “Too Terrifying a Reality to Fully Believe”?
Jordan Peterson is one of the most fascinating thinkers in the world today. He has captured the attention of untold millions with his attempt to find meaning and truth in a time when people seem hell-bent against the apprehension of …

Easter Monday Miscellany
I hope you all had a lovely Easter and are continuing to do so this Easter Monday Morning. A few things have come to my attention over the weekend that I wanted to briefly share with you here, as they …

A Happy and Blessed Easter to You All!
And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel …

Good Friday Catholicism
Want to listen to this post instead? Check out our audio recording of this essay. Musical accompaniment by Frank LaRocca, “Miserere,” taken from the album “In This Place“: The sky was overcast, steel-gray clouds admitting only a few rays of …

A Commenter on Vaccine Debate Highlights Church History in Dealing With Thorny Ethical Issues
Entirely unsurprisingly, yesterday’s article from Roberto De Mattei on the liceity of vaccines — even those derived from/tested on fetal cell lines — stirred up a lot of controversy. I should like to point out to those commenters who essentially …

Holy Thursday Through the Eyes of a Catholic Visionary
Today is Holy Thursday, also known colloquially as “Maundy Thursday,” which begins the Easter Triduum. What does “Maundy” mean? It’s a derivative of the language used in the “new commandment” given by Christ as he washed the feet of the …
Are Former Opus Dei Members’ Claims of Cult Tactics & Drugging Being Investigated?
When I was in Regnum Christi — the lay movement of the now-disgraced but somehow still not suppressed Legionaries of Christ — it wasn’t long before it became clear to me that Opus Dei was seen as a direct rival …
Read More