In a recent online exchange, someone accused me of not being a “real traditionalist.” I suppose that the jibe was supposed to chafe, but it landed pretty far afield. Not only is this not the first time such an accusation …
The Real Infinity War
I am a guy who grew up on comic books and sci-fi. They have always played a role in my imaginative thinking, and I’ve enjoyed this recent span of movies that have brought so much of that part of my …
Catholic at Last: From Eastern Orthodox to the One True Faith
When I was invited to write this piece for OnePeterFive, Steve Skojec wanted to know why I was becoming Catholic now. After all, I was obviously a conservative. An outspoken counter-jihad activist. A vehement defender of the existence of only …
Lessons from Church History: A Brief Review of Papal Lapses
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article was first published at OnePeterFive in October 2015 under the pen name “Benedict Constable.” Due to some controversy (the nature of which need not be gone into here), the article was taken …
A Second Lincoln Seminarian Comes Forward to Detail Abuse
Within 24 hours of the exposé published by laicized priest and former seminarian of the Lincoln Diocese Peter Mitchell, the diocese admitted that its late longtime vocations director. Msgr. Leonard Kalin, had been reported for “conduct contrary to prudence and …
With Catechism Change, An Opening of Pandora’s Box
The debate over the pope’s recently announced changes to the Catechism on the subject of capital punishment are being hotly debated in every corner of the Catholic world. Some are saying this change is a mere “development of doctrine.” Some …
After McCarrick: An Ex-Seminarian Comes Forward
Ever since I was a child, I wanted to become a priest. My mother, a devout Catholic, was the one who taught me about the faith, the sacraments, and the Church. She brought me to daily Mass since I was …
Lincoln Diocese Admits Kalin Wrongdoing
Yesterday, we reprinted an essay by Peter Mitchell at The American Conservative about his experiences with the seminary culture in Lincoln, Nebraska under vocations director Msgr. Leonard Kalin. Mitchell, a heterosexual priest who accepted laicization after his own admitted failures in keeping …
Heresy in the Catechism. Wolf in the Vatican. No Shepherds in Sight.
Just as the latest round of homosexual network and sex abuse allegations in the Church are reaching a fever pitch, Pope Francis – who has been eerily quiet of late – dropped a nuclear theological bomb into our midst. From Crux: …
Weigel, World Youth Day, and a Conservative Catholicism that Doesn’t Exist
Today, someone sent me the latest column at First Things by American Catholic writer and papal biographer George Weigel, entitled “WYD-1993: The Turning Point.” I am not, in general, a fan of Weigel’s work, which I find by turns dull …
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