After 1836, Rome slowly fell silent on the subject of usury. Regulations were quietly passed allowing even the Vatican’s bank to levy interest charges. The teaching was never struck down, but in... Read more
At a time when marriage and weddings have been commercialized, sentimentalized, and trivialized, this potent address serves to remind all involved—including the guests—what is really at stake.... Read more
This hasn't been much of a Lent. It never is, but this one was particularly miserable. It started right off the bat after Forgiveness Vespers and did not improve. We ended up without our... Read more
In his letter addressed to Pope Francis, Viganò refers to recent controversy concerning his work. This, evidently, is the turmoil surrounding the edited (and blurred) letter by the pope emeritus. Read more
After the latest insane slaughter of school kids in Florida I've been pondering, like most everyone else, why and how such murderous, senseless violence can occur. On the one hand we have to simply... Read more
In "Little Sins Mean A Lot: Kicking our Bad Habits Before They Kick Us," Elizabeth Scalia takes the topic of venial sins and uses her own life as the lens through which we view them. As we laugh our... Read more
