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The Witness of Words
The upcoming Jewish High Holidays might not seem like a fitting time to ponder Twitter, virtue-signaling, and…
Padre Pio Saved My Life
Last week, Bishop Robert Barron released a video interview with Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf, who recently embraced…
Enlightened Scripture?
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Ney joins the podcast to…
Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen
The date of the final test and ultimate collapse of Catholic Ireland, at least as we knew…
Just Vengeance in The Terminal List
The following contains spoilers for The Terminal List. Amazon’s new TV series The Terminal List has critics…
Surgery is the New Sex
During an early scene in Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg’s latest film, the performance artist Saul…
Miseducation of the Youth
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Stanley Kurtz joins the podcast to…
Lessons from Jane Austen
In season two of Netflix’s wildly popular television series Bridgerton, protagonist and resident feminist Eloise Bridgerton tells…
The Privatization of the Truth
In his 1989 essay, “The Privatization of the Good,” Alasdair MacIntyre writes that a liberal society’s failure…
Elizabeth Warren, Woke Totalitarian
The subject line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger…
On Sleep and Dreams
We all have our peculiarities, some of which we prefer to conceal while choosing to broadcast others.…
The Living Branch of the Traditional Latin Mass
A mother’s love does not always say yes, but a mother’s love is always healing, is always…
The Lost World of Jazz
In an age when mass gatherings more often than not suggest the social upheaval of the last…
The Church in the Immanent Frame
Churches and the Crisis of Decline:A Hopeful, Practical Ecclesiology for a Secular Ageby andrew rootbaker academic, 320 pages,…
Philosophy Perfected by Christ
The Unchanging Truth of God?Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theologyby thomas g. guarinocua, 264 pages, $34.95 Monsignor Thomas…