As I was reading the comments (I know, never do that) of my recent article in The American Conservative, It’s Not Your Father’s GOP, several commenters opined that a socially conservative political movement will never play with the Millennial and Gen Z crowd. In essence, their argument was that young people are, and always will…
We live in tumultuous times, and one has to be true to reality that the confusion, silence, and lack of leadership from within the Church, and most especially from the bishops and the academic circles, has only contributed to these times. We do not hesitate to criticize society for the crisis of fatherhood, but the…
Without a doubt, the United States of America in 2020 is showing the world what a “republic” looks like when it degenerates into democracy, understood in Plato’s derogatory sense of the term. One of Western civilization’s most brilliant European white males, Shakespeare, has left us some memorable scenes about what “government of the people, by…
Agere sequitur esse—What you do follows upon what you are. Let us resolve to be who we should be, know what we should know, and do what we should do, so that “Posterity may know we have not loosely through silence permitted things to pass away as in a dream”–Richard Hooker (1554-1600). In…
A couple weeks ago, I did a podcast on the so-called “Great Reset,” which I admitted to having learned about from Archbishop Vigano in his October 30 letter to President Trump. As I predicted, some folks gave me a hard time for not knowing about it sooner; but with so many global conspiracies to worry about (you…
First published at Libero, 15 November 2020 Last May there was controversy over the anticipation of some statements made by Benedict XVI to Peter Seewald published in his biography that was about to be published in Germany. This work has now been translated into Italian with the title Benedetto XVI. Una vita (Garzanti), and so…
By Fr. Dana Christensen About a year ago, I was diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It has already taken much from me, like the ability to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, feed myself, or walk. Yet it has also brought me great freedom to live my priesthood in a…
In my study of history, I’ve noticed a few patterns. One of these is the cycle of impossible situations. It seems that about every ten generations—250 years, sometimes less—the Church is faced with one of these. It is some crisis which threatens to the destroy the whole Church and prove God false. At the time,…
INTERVIEW BY RAYMOND ARROYO, EWTN TO ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ November 12, 2020 Your Excellency, the report claims you “did not come forward” to present evidence for this Vatican inquiry: were you asked to provide information? Did anyone reach out to you? I am surprised to discover that a Report in which I…
The McCarrick report reveals a substantial degree of tolerance towards homosexual conduct by the clergy, which is punished only if minors are the persons abused. This report also ignores the fact that the McCarrick case is only the tip of the iceberg of a power system controlled by the gay lobby. Whether it is a…
Yesterday, I had the chance to go on Joseph Sciambra’s show to talk about the thinking behind my article from a little while back, “No More Platitudes: It’s Time to Take a Hard Look at the Crisis of Catholicism.” We talked about Catholic identity and the effects the crisis in the Church have on that…
