Pope Francis has changed us all
As the world awakens for the second day of the conclave, I find myself reflecting deeply on the future of the Church and the man who will soon occupy the Chair of Peter. We do not yet know who he...
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Is Pope Francis Really “Nothing More Than ‘A Liberal Protestant’”?
Carl Trueman has recently written an online piece published by First Things, entitled, “Why I Am Not a Catholic.” Here is the heart of his answer: “the present pope seems to be nothing more than a liberal Protestant in a...
Has Church Militant been taken over by antisemitic conspiracists?
Late Wednesday night, I saw a post on X (formerly Twitter) that had me scratching my head. I happened to see a tweet from the account of the infamous media outlet Church Militant, which announced it would be ending its...
How to React in the Catholic Press
Want to have an Anglophone Catholic mediatic response to a decision or teaching coming from Pope Francis or the Curial officials he’s appointed, and don’t know where to start? Never fear; we’ve got you covered! Just follow this handy guide...
“Father Ed” Wins Christopher Award
In the program’s 74th year, the Christopher Awards have once honored various books, TV shows, and movies. The Christopher Awards celebrate writers, producers, directors, authors, and illustrators whose work ‘affirms the highest values of the human spirit’ and reflects the...
Gänswein’s interview: A blow to three missions
Shortly after the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German Catholic magazine Die Tagespost published a video of an interview between editor-in-chief Guido Horst and Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. Afterwards, several media outlets...
Cardinal Parolin calls on EWTN to support the pope
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, delivered an address to a banquet in Frascati, Italy, for EWTN’s European affiliates. In it, he delivered a thinly-veiled criticism of their coverage of the Church and their behavior towards Pope Francis....
Has Viganò changed?
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has been in the news again. He recently received attention on February 19, when the Canadian professor-turned-media guru Jordan Peterson tweeted out a YouTube video to his 2.4 million followers entitled, “Archbishop Viganò’s IMPORTANT MESSAGE To...
Silverstream Priory, one-sided narratives, and spiritual abuse
On Friday of last week, Irish blogger Pat Buckley reported that four men have come forward with allegations including boundary violations, spiritual abuse, and sexual harassment against Dom Mark Kirby of Silverstream Priory, the author and alleged visionary behind the popular devotional...
Live Episode 9 SOON!
Our regularly-scheduled livestream will be happening TONIGHT at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT. Rachel Amiri, Melinda Ribnek, Mike Lewis and David Lafferty will be discussing dissent, discernment, and how we learn to think with the Church–especially in a polarized Catholic...
Preslaysa Williams: Hallmark and Hard Topics
In the first installment of this series, I shared a study that showed the stark contrast between the ethnic and racial demographics of global Christianity and that of the leading public figures in Christian—especially Catholic—media in the United States. Focusing...
I Stopped Doomscrolling to Find My Right Mind
One of the frequent complaints we hear these days is about the dangers of an internet insularity. It was one of Pope Francis’ brilliant points in Fratelli Tutti, that digital media has often created the illusion of relationship and connection...
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