I have never been more than an occasional viewer of Fr. Robert Barron’s Word on Fire chats. His recent televised interview with EWTN’s Catherine Szeltner put paid to whatever interest I had. Newly elevated to an auxiliary bishop in the …
Category: The Civic Sphere
Natural Law & Divine Revelation in Post-Obergefell America
As Catholics we know that we have received life from God Who reveals Himself to our minds and hearts in two ways: by nature, or in the finality (referred to in theology as “the Wisdom of God”) inscribed in the …
The Gmarriage Dialogue
Jeremy David! How are you? You have to congratulate me! David Jeremy, well I’ll be. I haven’t seen you in ages. Congratulations! What am I congratulating you for? Jeremy I got married! David That is worthy of celebration. Fantastic …
A Republic Not Kept is Lost
On July 2nd, 1776, the American Continental Congress voted for independence from Great Britain, setting in motion a chain of events that would give birth to the United States. The next day, John Adams, founding father and future president, wrote …
Living, Dying, and Fighting for the Faith: A Call to Arms and Martyrdom
Looking at what ISIS has been doing to our brethren across the Muslim world, in combination with the open hatred and attacks against the Catholic Faith in the formerly Christian West, it is clear that it’s only a matter of …
Face to Face with the Death Penalty
The Lord said to Cain: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground” (Gen 4:10). The voice of the blood shed by men continues to cry out, from generation to generation, …
A Mortal and Sinful Man
15 years ago last August, as I walked the streets of Vienna with my college classmates, we stopped briefly before a plain, unassuming church with an exterior the color of freshly dug clay. In a city (and continent) full of …
Has Russia Been Consecrated to Mary?
Russia today is vengefully returning to international politics after temporarily receding after the collapse of the Soviet empire. Moscow is lashing out with tenacious diplomatic and military support for the brutal regime in Syria that has butchered more than one …
Legislating Morality: The Church-State Conflict That Isn’t
During a recent dinner conversation, a Jewish friend asked me, with sincere politeness, if I agreed with the Church’s attempts to “impose its morality” on a pluralistic society when it comes to abortion and other hot-button issues. She, like other …