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Mary: the Morning Star
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Pentecost and the fire in our cities
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The pope’s seven-point plan
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Rioting, for fun & profit
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The final enemy
Monday, June 1, 2020
Riots, technocrats, and normality
Monday, June 1, 2020
Religious liberty in a hostile age
Friday, May 29, 2020
The new B16 biographyEdward Pentin, NCRegister
Friday, May 29, 2020
‘Laudato Si’ five years on
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Evangelizing in extraordinary times
Thursday, May 28, 2020
“Ut Unum Sint” at 25
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
On re-opening Notre Dame
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Honor due: 60 years on
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
What St. Peter’s looks like today
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Save Catholic schools
Monday, May 25, 2020
The final enemy
Monday, May 25, 2020
Things that are not Caesar’s
Friday, May 22, 2020
As Italy reopens
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Why not Masses without Communion?
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Vatican communication headaches
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The 6th Sunday of Easter
Monday, May 18, 2020
B16 letter on JPII’s Centenary
Monday, May 18, 2020
A Carmelite friar and COVID-19
Friday, May 15, 2020
Lent or quarantine?
Friday, May 15, 2020
Shortfalls make Vatican financial reform unavoidable
Thursday, May 14, 2020
On John Paul II’s May 18 centenary
Thursday, May 14, 2020
We owe worship – to God
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Faith facing death
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
“Normal” life
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Weird Christianity
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Mothers Day reflection
Monday, May 11, 2020
Why we can’t do evil to achieve good
Monday, May 11, 2020
Joseph Ratzinger, theological reformer
Friday, May 8, 2020
U.S. Church: Going broke
Friday, May 8, 2020
Sex, women, powerSandro Magister, Settimo Cielo
Thursday, May 7, 2020
No transparency in Vatican financesPhil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Panic and pandemic
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
A Delicate Tapestry
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
An old solution to a new problem
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
On reopening churches
Monday, May 4, 2020
Beware medical absolutists
Monday, May 4, 2020
Reopening the sacramental economy
Friday, May 1, 2020
“Mrs. America”: Hollywood’s biased history
Friday, May 1, 2020
The 7 thunders of Revelation
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Time to wake up
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Opening the floodgates of prayer
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Evelyn Waugh in America
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The Mass isn’t a performance
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
St. Augustine: 100% Catholic
Monday, April 27, 2020
Debates about the common good revived
Monday, April 27, 2020
