The Hidden Connection Between Miracle on 34th and Mr. Blue
We can only imagine that, to borrow from Chesterton, Connolly and Davies and all their characters are enjoying their “great flagons in the tavern at the end of the world.”
Tolkien’s Advice for a Church in Crisis
If you open the heavy tome of J. R. R. Tolkien’s collected letters to almost near the end, you’ll find a particularly fascinating epistle. In just a few short pages, Tolkien gives words of encouragement to his son Michael; reminisces about a happy trip to Switzerland; and records a year-long break in the writing of …
This Remarkable Photo Will Deepen Your Sacred Heart Devotion
As a friend and I were speaking the other day, he pulled out his phone to silence it. I happened to notice the wallpaper on his phone and thought I recognized it. “Hey, is that the Sacred Heart icon that Cardinal Burke commissioned as Bishop of Lacrosse?” I asked. I had spent some time in …
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Pope Francis to Allow Emotional Support Animals in Sanctuary During Mass
Priests around the country hailed the move as the Church’s growing understanding and embrace of a shifting culture.
Mistakes Aren’t Sins, but Negligence Is
About a year ago, a friend went through some complicated medical procedures. They took several months and a fair bit of travel. Ultimately the procedures were frustrating. The doctors finally told him, “We don’t know why it’s happening, and there’s no cure.” “At least it’s not life-threatening,” my friend said with a wry smile. Most …
The Grinch Had an Extraordinary Spiritual Life
Each year many people love watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We can imagine some commonsense reasons for that. One of the most important, though perhaps unacknowledged, has something to do with the miraculous. Quite frankly, it has to do with the Grinch’s spiritual life, and his extraordinary conversion. For most of us, the classic stages …
That Time a Demon Invaded the Confessional, and a Porn Addict was Released
One of my good friends, whom we’ll call Rob, tells the most extraordinary stories. That’s probably because he’s had a most extraordinary life. First exposed to porn at age six or seven, he quickly found that he couldn’t live without it—or so he thought. Turns out Rob has an obsessive personality—exactly the kind of person …
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Is the Growing Hit Film “Searching” Anti-Christian?
At first a limited release, the missing-person thriller Searching has garnered rave reviews from the nation’s top critics. It’s an impressive showing for first-time director Aneesh Chaganty, a former Google employee. Critics have hailed the film as a contemporary take on a familiar “whodunit” story, and they point to John Cho’s performance as particularly moving. …
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Why the Popes Love Author Georges Bernanos
One of the pioneers of the modern Catholic novel, Georges Bernanos earned a top literary reputation even in his lifetime. The author is far from being merely a darling of the academy, however. The popes of the last fifty years have widely appreciated Bernanos. Here are some examples of why popes have called on his …
Can We Still Enjoy Military Thrillers After Changes by Pope Francis?
From the works of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn to Matthew Betley, military thrillers regularly top the bestseller lists. They’ve been popular since at least the 1950s, but after 9/11, readers have absolutely flocked to them. In light of Pope Francis’s recent change to the Catechism involving the inadmissibility of the death penalty, however, some …
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