Peter Kwasniewski
In February, I read a novel for a men’s book club (back then, we still
had the good fortune to be able to meet for normal social interactions;
March’s meeting got canceled). The novel was Graham Greene’s The Power
and the Glory, which I had never read, and had always reproached myself
for not having […]
Chilton Williamson, Jr.
“For he who is not against us is for us.” — Mark 9: 40 Ever since my
conversion to the Catholic Church in 1992, I have begun every argument
with Protestant disputants by justifying Her claim to be Christ’s true
and only Church by adverting—after citing the plain historical fact that
She is at any […]
Fr. George W. Rutler
When a lady complained to the great short story writer that her works
“left a bad taste” in her mouth, Flannery O’Connor replied that what she
wrote was not meant to be eaten. For the conventional palate, those
often-macabre stories can be distasteful, but Miss O’Connor deliberately
wanted to avoid the sentimentalism of much pious […]
Charles Coulombe
History is a funny thing in that it takes no prisoners. One thing
American Conservatives have wrestled with since the foundation of the
republic is just what it is they are supposed to be conserving.
Europeans and Latin Americans were fairly clear on the point, with a
rejection of the principles of the French Revolution […]
Sean Fitzpatrick
“I have consistently maintained my innocence while suffering from a
serious injustice.” These words, issued by George Cardinal Pell upon his
acquittal on Tuesday, should both heal and haunt the Catholic Church.
There can be no justice if there is no truth. And, even in the wake of
inexcusable abuse by Catholic bishops, the truth […]
K. V. Turley
Today, two rivers run silently though London, one is called the River
Thames, the other is known by another name: fear. The coronavirus has
come amongst us. Its arrival was gradual at first. Via news reports of
surreal events in far-off places it seemed to drift towards the city
before suddenly striking. Panic was its […]
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