Biden re-defines “Devout Catholic:” Will the Bishops Act?
The following piece was originally published a few days after the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Since then, it's become crystal clear that his far-left policies constitute an all-out attack on Catholic moral principles. Yet Biden still presents himself as a...
The ‘Jesus’ revered by Muslims is not the same Jesus worshipped by Christians as God
The Vatican is currently hosting a series of webinars on "Mary as a model for faith and life for Christianity and Islam." This is part of a push by the Vatican to reconcile with Islam by emphasizing the biblical figures that the two faiths share in common, such as...
Witch Hunts in Salem and in Washington
The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem Witch Trials is often used by educators to teach students about the dangers that arise when true believers try to impose their orthodoxies on the rest of us. Indeed, Miller wrote the play during the era of the...
Cancelling Orwell?
There’s an almost dream-like quality to the events of the last 12 months. Depending on their political/cultural views, the dream will be experienced by some as pleasant, by others as disturbing, and by still others as nightmarish. For those in the latter...
Francis Tries to Second-guess the Devil
Despite his penchant for theological innovation, Pope Francis seems to hold some fairly traditional beliefs about the devil. Here’s an example from Gaudete et Exsultate: It is precisely the conviction that this malign power is present in our midst that enables us to...
Humanitarian Islam?
“Horrendous violence has engulfed much of the Islamic world, from Central Asia through the Middle East to Africa.” Hmm. Sounds like the ravings of a deluded “Islamophobe.”—the kind of extremist rhetoric one might expect from Robert Spencer, Raymond Ibrahim, or...
The President and the Bishops: What’s Next?
Catholics have never been more confused than now about what they are supposed to believe. The causes of the confusion are not difficult to find: widespread immorality among priests and bishops and even more widespread coverup of same; a pope who affirms traditional...
Bishops Want a Peaceful Transition, but to What?
In the wake of the January 6th Capitol break-in by protestors, and the resulting death of a young woman, numerous politicians have called for divided Americans to “work together,” “overcome our differences,” and “remember what we have in common.” Similar pleas were...
Born Again vs. Bored Again: The Spirit of Christianity and the Spirit of Secularism
One of the perpetual complaints against Christianity is that it is a life-denying, puritanical system. In the Victorian era, poet Algernon Swinburne referred to Christ as the “pale Galilean” from whose breath “the world has grown grey.” In our own time, films such as...
China, Islam, and the Gang that Couldn’t Think Straight
For the benefit of bishops who have difficulty thinking straight. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, together with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 27 other House members have signed a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting “100 percent proactive detection and...
