The Fight Against Abortion Must Focus on Combating a Childfree Culture

The Fight Against Abortion Must Focus on Combating a Childfree Culture

The Marxist perspective sees all things through an economic prism. Everything is about one class exploiting the others through power and money. Unfortunately, most people, even conservatives, adopt this skewed socio-economic view and make it the center of the debate. Conservative family policy is no exception. Thus, when the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade … Read more

Chastity Student Blasts Sex Ed Zealots

Christian students on the front lines in the cultural war over chastity can take heart in the experience of Marcail McBride. Miss McBride is a student at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA). It is a state-run boarding school that draws students from all over Illinois. Free Book: Return to Order: From a Frenzied … Read more

Why Fatherlessness Is the Core of Family and Societal Problems

Several (probably apocryphal) stories about British Queen Victoria (1819-1901) tell about her ability not to see things that she did not want to see. One such tale involves a protest at Oxford University during Her Majesty’s visit. When the Chancellor of Oxford later apologized for the “unruly students,” the Queen is supposed to have replied, … Read more

For American Youth: “Virginity is Awesome”

For American Youth: “Virginity Is Awesome”

The issue of married priests recently came up in a conversation with a friend. He is a retired Marine Corps Colonel and a Catholic. He was surprised to hear that priestly celibacy is not, as is often stated, a medieval invention. I took advantage to point out to him that remaining chaste, as priest are … Read more

Why Mothers Now Weep for Their Children

From an economic point of view, the state of the nation could not be better we are told. Unemployment is down to levels rarely seen before. Inflation is minimal. The stock market has reached record highs. Everything is in place for us to be happy. However, I am sure many join me in sensing that … Read more

How to Die a Glorious Death and Gain Honor

Monday, November 19, 2018, might have seemed like a normal day for Jamie Schmidt. Little did she know when she entered Catholic Supply, a religious goods store in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, that this ordinary day would be her last. Nor did her family ever dream her life would come to a heroic end with … Read more

Three Ways to Have a Meaningful “Prodigal Son” Advent

“Send down the dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One: let the earth be opened, and bud forth the Redeemer.” Thus begins the Advent hymn, “Rorate Caeli,” that mournfully calls upon God to hear our prayers. We are made to sigh with longings, as the Fathers of old, asking … Read more