The mainstream media sounded the alarm after Italy elected Giorgia Meloni as its next prime minister. Even if many doubt Meloni’s sincerity in distancing herself from fascism, her mainstream views — such as her faith and her Euroscepticism — are…
For a decade running, the nation’s political division has rendered the thought-shapers of the evangelical industrial complex (EIC) virtually unable to celebrate Independence Day with a clear conscience. That disability undermines what the late Englishman and polymath Roger Scruton identified…
On January 11, 2022, Sante Fe, New Mexico, Archbishop John C. Wester issued a pastoral letter calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and held a press conference announcing the letter which is entitled “Living in the Light of Christ’s…
President Joe Biden’s comments about his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier today are adding to the controversy between U.S. bishops over whether pro-abortion politicians should be able to receive the Eucharist. Biden stated that the pope told…
To advance his secularism, Joe Biden is busy appointing opponents of the First Amendment to the courts, as evident in his selection of Beth Robinson to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. As Sen. Ted…
The Biden administration’s position on religious freedom grows more and more narrow. In a grim measure of its unwillingness to defend religious freedom, Biden’s Department of Justice last week dropped a lawsuit filed against the University of Vermont Medical Center…
Pope Francis has often compared the Catholic Church to a “field hospital.” It is an odd analogy in his case, given his penchant for quackery and malpractice. The healthiest patients at his field hospital have their limbs hacked off while…
Catholic parishes, schools, and dioceses have for years responded to transgenderism by simply ignoring the issue altogether. But that’s starting to change, largely because the problem is getting too big for churches to ignore. “My sense is that nearly every…
Before his election to the papacy, Jorge Bergoglio had already earned a reputation as an exponent of “pastoral” Catholicism. But out of it came few pastors, as those familiar with his tenure as archbishop of Buenos Aires knew. They noted…
