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Popcorn with the Pope: “Andrei Rublev”
Marrying form and function, "Andrei Rublev" is not only one of Russia’s great spiritual films but one of humanity’s great works of art.
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Ivy League Presidents and the Collapse of Moral Reasoning
Donors, parents, alumni—wake up. Do we want to be sending our kids to schools whose presidents cannot muster the intestinal fortitude to resist calls for genocide?
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Mary’s True Freedom, Beauty, and Holiness
Mary shows us that a deep and trusting friendship with the Lord brings us true freedom and the discovery of a life of beauty and holiness.
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Tolkien, “Beloved Bernadette,” and the Immaculate Conception
Tolkien had a “special devotion” to the feast of the Immaculate Conception and a profound veneration for St. Bernadette Soubirous.
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As I Leave for the Synod on Synodality
Meet the New Goddess, Same as the Old Goddess
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Thoughts on World Youth Day in Lisbon
Oppenheimer’s Frown
World Youth Day and Converting Everyone to Christ
St. Irenaeus and the God Who Doesn’t Need Us
“Mrs. Davis” and Getting Off the Grid
Why the Ascension of the Lord Matters
Our Lady of Fatima and a Theological Reading of History
The Scandal of John 6
Why Humans Gawk at the Idea of a King
Proportionalism: An Old But Stubborn Foe
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How One Catholic Is Reaching Gen-Z on TikTok and Instagram
A Vindication of Love
Advent and the Nature of the Church
Henry Kissinger’s Tragic Sensibility
The Invitation and Obligation of the Lord’s Day
The Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius, and Stoic Philosophy
One Hate to Unite Them All: The Idolatry of Anti-Semitism
Homeschooling Community in the Word on Fire Institute
Stevenson and Burns on Kingship and Brotherhood
Searching for Home
“The Abolition of Man” at 80
My Experience of the Synod
Love Those Suffering with the Gift of Listening
What Does It Mean to ‘Discern the Signs of the Times’?
A Short Primer on Disability
Paul McCartney, Times of Trouble, and “Let It Be”
The Golden Key: Why Read George MacDonald
The Expanded and Revised Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: A First Look
The Goal Is Inclusion: A Conversation with Elizabeth Dombrowski
The First UFC, Royce Gracie, and the Embodied Practices of Tradition
The Massacre of Morality: A Parable for Our Age
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity and Letting Ourselves Be Loved
The Synod on Synodality, Part 7: “The Synthesis Report”
Memento Mori and “The Sixth Sense”
Lessons from St. Charles Borromeo
Why We Pray for All Souls Today
You Were Chosen to Be a Saint
Hauntings and Atonements in “Goblin Market”
“Libres”: A Big-Screen Glimpse into the Hidden World of Monasticism
Quoting in Context: A Practical Consideration for Evangelization
On the Death of Pets and Persons: Euthanasia
5 Reasons to Pray the Rosary According to Fulton Sheen
Newman’s Via Media on the Trinity
A Day at the Synod
A Mysterious Alchemy Within the Communion of Saints
How to Sing About the Blessed Sacrament
The Synod on Synodality, Part 6: The First Two Weeks
The Story of the Blind Men and the Elephant
Down Syndrome, Prenatal Diagnosis, and Quality of Life: An Interview with Dr. Brian Skotko
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: Disciple of the Sacred Heart
The Mental Health Crisis: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Isacco
George Michael’s Journey from Wham! to Eternity
“Shelter in Solitude”: Faith, Death, and the Grace in the Ordinary
