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Author: Mike Lewis

New Debrief: Tradition, Schism, and Cardinal Burke

  In the latest Debrief, Dominic and I discuss the competing understandings of “tradition” in the Catholic Church today. Beginning with a discussion of Ratzinger’s dynamic understanding, they explore how ideologies undermine the faith and foment schism, as exemplified by...

Credo: Rules for Radical Traditionalists

Credo: A Compendium of the Catholic Faith by Bishop Athanasius Schneider is promoted by its publisher, Sophia Institute Press, as offering “a clear and readable summary of Catholicism as a whole, given in the pastoral style of the apostles.” The marketing...

The Confidence of St. Therese

I just finished reading Pope Francis’s new exhortation, C’est la confiance, which was released earlier today and focuses on the life and message of St. Therese of Lisieux. I found it so rich and inspiring that I think as soon...

Like flies: Lofton swats down false narratives

This is a Michael Lofton appreciation post. For those of you who are not familiar with him or his YouTube channel, Reason and Theology, Lofton is a convert to Catholicism and a graduate student in theology from Louisiana who has...

New Debrief: Dubia day recap

In this episode of the Debrief, Dominic and Mike discuss an eventful week at the Vatican in the lead-up to the synod, a day filled with dubia about Pope Francis’s teachings, and the new apostolic exhortation on the climate crisis...

WPI Perspectives: Dr. Phyllis Zagano

Here’s the audio version. We had a glitch with the video, which will hopefully be fixed shortly: Where Peter Is · WPI Perspectives With Phyllis Zagano   In the latest episode of WPI Perspectives, I enjoyed having the chance to...