D.W. Lafferty, Paul Fahey, and Mike Lewis discuss the desire of many to restore Christendom, the phenomenon of “highbrow” conspiracism, and other subjects entering Catholic discourse. Sources: The Church’s Mission and the Allure of Neo-Christendom by Paul Fahey How American...
The fourth installment of our Women of Color in Catholic Media interview series is a candid conversation with author Alessandra Harris. We explore several topics, ranging from her books to the global debt crisis to the racial demographics in Catholic...
Foncebadón is the highest village on the Camino, where pilgrims climb the mountain trail west from León. The area is known as the Maragatería and by the 1990s its ruined villages had become emblematic of the new social problem of...
Live at 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific! In the second episode of The Critical Catholic, DW Lafferty and Mike Lewis look at the censorship of outlets like LifeSiteNews for disseminating conspiracy theories and misinformation by social media platforms like...
This is the fourth in “Postcards from the Camino” by Gareth Thomas, a series of reflections on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage route leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela...
David Lafferty and Mike Lewis are going live at the top of the hour for the first episode of the critical Catholic. Topics: the latest Vigano letter, Jim Caviezel and QAnon, the cancelation of Patrick Coffin’s Covid conspiracy conference, Q:...
There is a crisis in Catholicism that is only getting worse, and it is marked by a lack of critical thinking and a disrespect for the actual or empirical truth. Post-truth Catholicism is as much of a threat as the...
Dear readers, what follows is a one-time post from a brand-new Substack I started last week called Mike Lewis Extra. What’s Substack? It’s is an email newsletter platform designed for small publishers. I figured I wouldn’t let my Twitter threads...
In May 2016, Pope Francis said of the European Union, “The founding fathers were heralds of peace and prophets of the future. Today more than ever, their vision inspires us to build bridges and tear down walls.”[1] Six weeks later...
This week, our friends Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell of America did a “deep dive” into the selection process for Catholic bishops in the latest episode of their always-informative “Inside the Vatican” podcast. During the podcast—which also featured interviews with...
This is the second in “Postcards from the Camino” by Gareth Thomas, a series of reflections on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage route leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela...
This is the first of an occasional series “Postcards from the Camino” by Gareth Thomas. These are sketches with a theme of pilgrimage to the shrine of the Apostle Saint James (Santiago in Spanish). Pope Francis declared a double Holy...
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