Arbiter of Morality: Caesar or God
These are delicate times, in the Church and in the world. Our blessed Lord has already told us how to understand the state vis á vis the Church: Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to...
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The Ghost of Christmas Wars Present
‘Tis the season. The weather is turning colder, the colored lights are going up, family gatherings are being planned—and right on cue, one of the routine culture war battles is heating up. It is time to signal your allegiance; will...
Are You the Antichrist?
Our public discourse is increasingly unhinged. In a recent article for WPI, Christina M. Sorrentino advises us to “think twice and tweet once.” She quotes an address Pope Francis gave to the 2022 World Congress of SIGNIS, in which he...
Understanding Pope Francis on the ‘communion wars’
Last week, I wrote about a group of US bishops, with the help of friendly media outlets, that has tried to convince Catholics that their initiatives, decisions, and public positions were in step with the pope’s message, even though they...
“Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?”
Editor’s note: This is the third article in our series about the response to Pope Francis’s reforms of the contemplative life for cloistered nuns and the responses of sisters in various communities. In the first article, “A Praying Heart: How...
Rescuing St. Benedict From the Culture Warriors
Two Intertwined Narratives Rod Dreher begins his book The Benedict Option by observing that the “culture war” is over and that the conservatives have lost it. If the war is indeed over, many of the warriors don’t seem to have...
Postcard #9: The Worcester Pilgrim—culture wars are nothing new
President Joe Biden and the First Lady had a busy schedule on their visit to Britain last week for the G7 meeting. In reality they had little time for sightseeing, but allow me to indulge your imagination for a moment...
Liberalism and the Church’s Response: New Podcast Episode
In this episode of Peter’s Field Hospital, I had a fascinating discussion with DW Lafferty and Dan Amiri about the relationship between the Church and Liberalism. Both recently wrote on how the Church should respond to liberalism (a term that...
New Episode! Divine Mercy, Doubting Thomas, & Culture Wars
In this week’s episode of Peter’s Field Hospital, Dan Amiri and Paul Fahey join me for a discussion about Divine Mercy, Saint Thomas, and Catholic Social Teaching. Next, I talk to DW Lafferty about Catholicism, Liberalism, and the Culture Wars....
Revisiting Orwell in the Era of Intra-Catholic Culture Wars
In 1945, George Orwell, who was born on this day in 1903, wrote a long essay called Politics and the English Language in which he warned of a growing modern tendency to use English vocabulary to specifically political ends—avoiding evocative...
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