Dependence Day
Aware of past sins and grateful to God and the countless individuals who have sacrificed for the cause of liberty and justice, it is an honor to be part of the American experiment.
Eucharistic Humility
The weight of Christ's humility in choosing to enter into material Creation in the Incarnation and the Eucharist has ever been too much for mortal minds to bear.
Freed from Self-Invention
Not only is the current fixation on total self-invention based on an attempt to push aside laws of reality – it's also boring and exhausting.
Summer Sampler
A Chesterton Academy opens in Iraq; Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely; the Prime Minister is married in a Catholic church.
To the Next 200 Years
The Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore presents the story of Catholicism in America in a way words alone never could.
Memorial Day, Catholic Style
As Christ himself taught that there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one's friends, we remember the service rendered to us by those who gave all for our sake.
The Question of Life
Those on both sides of the abortion debate recognize that the issue cuts to the core of who we are and how we treat the other.
American Catholic Education (and Motherhood)
One of the most impressive aspects of the American Catholic experience has been the creation and maintenance of a robust school system. That school system is now at a precarious decision point.
Topsy-Turvydom
While the western world refuses to reproduce, the production of embryonic human beings for experimental purposes continues to expand.
A Longsuffering Witness
The dynamics of Church and State are an unendingly interesting object of study and fascination, often revealing the rugged beauty of the Church as it encounters persecution face to face.