Catholicism has always possessed a vivid symbolic imagination. The Church embraces a sacramental worldview, filled with signs and mysteries — miracles, apparitions, relics, saints, and sacred gestures. This imagination can nourish faith, but without guidance it can also slide into magical thinking, apparition-chasing, or conspiracy theory mindsets. In today’s digital landscape, these imaginative...
A quiet rebrand, a louder message, and a calculated campaign to curate a new kind of Catholic audience has hit social media. In late 2025, a new Catholic media brand Sign of the Cross began circulating aggressively on Facebook, Substack, Instagram, and YouTube. Its aesthetic feels familiar – solemn gold crosses, serious fonts,...
The Gospel Simplicity podcast — hosted by Austin Suggs — recently released a thoughtful and engaging interview with WPI contributor Andrew Likoudis about his new edited volume, Faith in Crisis. Their conversation explores some of the most urgent questions facing Catholics today: the meaning of tradition, the nature of authority, and how to...
Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Turkey marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea—one of the most decisive moments in Christian history. In this video, Pedro Gabriel explores why Nicaea still matters today, what the Pope means by a “New Arianism,” and how the Council’s debates on Christ’s identity, unity,...
I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Amy Grey over on her Youtube channel, Into the Grey, where she interviewed me about the Church’s understanding of conscience. We discuss abuse of conscience as well as the interplay between personal conscience and the Church’s teaching authority. Listen here or on your favorite podcast...
For many people today, however, God and the question of God have almost no meaning in their lives. The Second Vatican Council pointed out that Christians are at least partly responsible for this situation, because they do not bear witness to the true faith; they hide the true face of God with lifestyles...
A deep divide has opened between the Catholic Church’s consistent teaching on immigration and the instincts of many US Catholics shaped more by partisan identity than by the Gospel. Catholic teaching on migration begins with the foundational truths that undergird the Church’s entire social doctrine. Every person is created in the image of...
The appointment of Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś as the new Archbishop of Kraków on Wednesday was more than a routine episcopal transition — it is a clear statement about the direction of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. Ryś has long stood out within the Polish hierarchy for his pastoral warmth, historical depth, and transparent embrace...
Note: Last year, eleven-year-old Hana Sroubek sent WPI these suggestions for having an earth-friendly Christmas. WPI is reposting it this year so that it can serve as a reference during Advent and Christmas. Deck the halls with boughs of holly! It is getting to be that time of year again: a time full...
[Editor’s Note: Timothy Quigley, a long-time reader and one-time contributor to WPI, reached out to me recently to ask that we help share his new project, which is an opportunity to accompany him as he journeys his personal “Stations of the Cross.” Timothy is a survivor of clergy sexual abuse, and he will...
Pope Leo’s new Apostolic Letter for the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, In Unitate Fidei, presents a compelling vision of evangelization. Pope Leo poses the question: “What does God mean to me and how do I bear witness to my faith in him?” And he answers it by stating, “we bear...
December 1, 2019, was more than a date on the calendar. For thousands of us in New Jersey, it was the first day we could walk through a courthouse door without being told we were too late. It was the day the New Jersey Child Victims Act took effect — a law that...
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