About 100 years ago I decided to give up my job in New York, enroll at a big Midwest university, and pursue a Ph.D. in medieval English literature. I had some very good teachers in the doctoral program and a…
A few weeks ago, Father John I. Jenkins, C.S.C, president of the University of Notre Dame, came to Washington. He was leading a contingent of Notre Dame students who were going to participate in the annual March for Life. While…
We knew that Russia wouldn’t stop at the Crimea, but now they’ve gone too far. Just days before March 17, the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it has added to its official liturgical calendar, known as the Menaion, 15 saints…
It’s bad enough that Donald Trump has the Democrats arrayed against him, now he has to contend with Hell and all its legions. At midnight on Friday, February 24, witches across the United States, either individually or in covens, cast…
I’m a Jersey boy. I grew up in a wonderful small town called Hawthorne. You’ve probably never heard of it, but you may have heard our most prominent nearby landmark, the shopping malls of Paramus. There were a handful of…
Early on a Thursday evening in April 2016, family members, friends, and the faithful at large gathered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fleming Island, Florida, to pray for the safe return of a beloved parish priest, Father Rene Robert….
Moving into the White House has got to be a daunting task. All those rooms and corridors to navigate. All those staffers’ names to remember. All those previous executive orders to rescind. But, decisive though he appears to be, President…
About a century ago, the Ku Klux Klan spearheaded a coalition of anti-Catholic organizations in Nebraska to lobby the state legislature to pass a law that would ban public school teachers from wearing religious insignia or garb in the classroom….
I don’t know if Donald Trump is the most thin-skinned candidate we’ve elected president. When it came to criticism, John Adams had a zero-tolerance policy. Harry Truman was known to come after his critics with both barrels blazing. Personally, I…
The loss of Debbie Reynolds just hours after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, is a double tragedy unlike anything Hollywood and movie lovers have ever experienced. The personality clashes between mother and daughter have been exhaustively documented, but…