vs. the Death Culture West. Fun! Read more

In which we look at the problem of imagining that the only real Catholic is an ordained Catholic. Read more

A reader writes: In Spokane, we are putting on a vocations retreat for young men interested in the priesthood. So, please pray that young men here and around the world are able to hear God’s call and have the courage to answer Him. Thanks. Father, hear our prayer through your Son Jesus Christ! Mother Mary, pray for them! Read more

I will be visiting Our Nation’s Twin Cradles of Liberty! Yay! First stop, August 4-6: I’ll be at The Catholic Marketing Network Hoo Hah in Valley Forge, PA! While I’m there, I will be hanging at the National Catholic Register table and also doing a little yak session on writing for the Catholic Writers’ Conference. Here’s their press release: Catholic Writers to Hold Conference in Valley Forge, PA World Wide Web–The second annual Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE will be held... Read more

Some worshipper of the prophet Darwin (pbuh) explains that Catholics are dumber because smarter members of society become celibates and don’t pass on their genes. No. Really. Now, out of a billion+ Catholics, I suspect the percentage of ordained/religious/consecrated is probably on the order of .0000001%. I seriously doubt there are enough embracing virginity to shallow the gene pool. Meanwhile, the percentage of Brights who abort or refuse to have kids is, I am willing to bet money, orders of... Read more

is that it allows you to look in on a thousand diaries in which various saints are quietly chronicling their walk with Jesus. Here is one such saint. Read more

… have too many new Dominicans. Read more

Chestertonian, Doomed, and Quixotic! Dear Friends of The Distributist Review, We are proud to present our brand home and new web site, The Distributist Review. The Distributist Review will provide analysis of our contemporary social and economic world, with the addition of vintage essays from G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, and the early Distributist League. The site’s primary focus is Distributism and its relationship to the world we live in. Whether discussing capital and labor, urban and rural reform, politics, or... Read more

is on the air! Read more

Christopher Johnson, whose ongoing anguish over the Thing that Used to be the Episcopal Church is chronicled here, sends along this ray of hope in the vast trainwreck of the Piskies: Nut graf. The guy writing this is a confirmed Calvinist. Why would they do that? Sure they needed to pay for renovations at the newly merged Sts John and Andrew’s, but from our perspective the only reasonable explanation for their offer is that they are servants of Jesus Christ.... Read more