Weekly Update

The weight of Christ's humility in choosing to enter into material Creation in the Incarnation and the Eucharist has ever been too much for mortal minds to bear.

Not only is the current fixation on total self-invention based on an attempt to push aside laws of reality – it's also boring and exhausting.

A Chesterton Academy opens in Iraq; Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely; the Prime Minister is married in a Catholic church.

The Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore presents the story of Catholicism in America in a way words alone never could.

As Christ himself taught that there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one's friends, we remember the service rendered to us by those who gave all for our sake.

Those on both sides of the abortion debate recognize that the issue cuts to the core of who we are and how we treat the other.

One of the most impressive aspects of the American Catholic experience has been the creation and maintenance of a robust school system. That school system is now at a precarious decision point.

While the western world refuses to reproduce, the production of embryonic human beings for experimental purposes continues to expand.

The dynamics of Church and State are an unendingly interesting object of study and fascination, often revealing the rugged beauty of the Church as it encounters persecution face to face.

Since the debate around procedures that create life artificially is relatively calm, even secular news outlets feel safe to reveal potential issues that come along with them.