Sunday, April 21, 2024
Seeking Essayists for Latin Mass and the Youth Project
Saturday, April 13, 2024
What a Piece of Work is Man
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Grace Blossoming Everywhere
Friday, March 29, 2024
The Context of Cajetan's Comments on Praying for a Pope's Death
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Do Not Reproach a Man Who is Turning Away from Sin
Saturday, March 09, 2024
Review of Angel Studios' Cabrini
Sunday, February 18, 2024
In Memoriam: Bob Christian (1941-2023)
Monday, February 05, 2024
February Hiatus
Hey friends! I'm probably going to be taking a blogging hiatus for February. Don't worry, I am fine, not burned out or nothing like that (if anything, I've got more writing ideas swirling in my head than ever before). I have some professional matters I need to clear off my plate and some writing commitments for other platforms I need to attend to, so I'll be busy with that for awhile.
Take it easy, folks. Catch up with you mid-Lent.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
The Lord Weighs the Heart
In the aftermath of Fiducia supplicans, I think one of the greatest tragedies we are witnessing is the obfuscation of the way grace draws us despite our weaknesses. There are two aspects to this obfuscation, the first relating to our real capacity to obstruct grace, the second relating to the ability of grace to reach us despite our sins. We will consider each in turn.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
A Segregated Church
Last month on the Unam Sanctam Catholicam website, I published a lengthy article chronicling the segregation of the Catholic schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans following the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1884), which called for separate black facilities as a means of more effectively ministering to the needs of black Catholics. It is quite an illuminating article for those interested in American Catholic history and how the hierarchy navigated the "color line" that was so prevalent in late 19th century America.
Monday, January 15, 2024
Wisdom and Folly by Rob Marco
Tuesday, January 09, 2024
Recovering a Morality of Happiness
Saturday, January 06, 2024
A New Year and Epiphany Greeting
Sunday, December 31, 2023
"I Carefully Block My Ears With Wax": Marcel De Corte to Jean Madiran
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Bad Humanae Vitae Parallels
In the wake of scores of bishops rejecting Fiducia Supplicans globally, popesplainers have resorted to comparing Fiducia Supplicans to Humanae Vitae as a way to deflect criticism of the document. The hyperpapalist website Where Peter Is has said that critics of Fiducia Supplicans "need to be reminded of the reception of Humanae Vitae...before asserting that the public reactions to magisterial documents are markers of its "failure.'" Then there is this little gem, which was followed by a piece from the same influencer on all of the similarities between Fiducia Supplicans and Humanae Vitae.