A Universe Just Ended, and Almost No One Noticed

A Universe Just Ended, and Almost No One Noticed

Around the Ides of March, a universe ended. It was not a spectacular end-of-the-world event. The exit did not go out with a bang but more like a whimper that barely registered on any radar. In a flash of a nanosecond, it was irrelevant. The universe that failed was the much hyped metaverse—a virtual space … Read more

Christian Parents Do Battle in Vermont Foster Care Case…and Win

Christian Parents Do Battle in Vermont Foster Care Case…and Win

In 2023, Vermont media reported a severe shortage of foster parents. The state soon made the situation far worse. It removed foster parents who didn’t support the “LGBTQ+ agenda.” A lawsuit ensued. The Federal District Court backed the state policy. Later, the U.S. government told Vermont that its policy might violate federal law. Finally, five … Read more

Five Ways that Saint Joseph can Help our Crisis of Masculinity

Five Ways that Saint Joseph can Help our Crisis of Masculinity

The world is suffering from a terrible crisis of masculinity. Many young men go through life adrift, unsure of themselves and their role in society. In the United States and the United Kingdom, fewer and fewer men are reaching the traditional milestones of adulthood, such as graduating high school and college, entering the workforce, getting … Read more

Russian Abuse of Catholic Priests Bolsters the Need for Ukraine Support

Russian Abuse of Catholic Priests Bolsters the Need for Ukraine Support

A new film describes the treatment of Catholic priests caught in the crossfire of the four-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine. No Priests Left is a story of deportation and torture. “Priests and pastors were arrested. They were interrogated. They were beaten. They were held in … torture chambers,” Father Oleksandr Bohomaz told Our Sunday … Read more

Lourdes, Charlemagne, and the Conversion of a Muslim Chieftain

Lourdes, Charlemagne, and the Conversion of a Muslim Chieftain

Few Catholics have never heard of Our Lady’s apparition in Lourdes, France, to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Most famous are the many thousands of miracles that have taken place there through the miraculous spring that Our Lady produced in the Massabielle grotto on the outskirts of the village. It is perhaps the Marian apparition … Read more

Canada Euthanizes Healthy Twenty-Six-Year-Old Man: Will the Practice Spread?

Canada Euthanizes Healthy Twenty-Six-Year-Old Man: Will the Practice Spread?

On December 30, 2025, in compliance with Canadian law allowing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), doctors oversaw the euthanasia of a twenty-six-year-old man, Kiano Vafaeian. The young man had three medical conditions that the authorities used to green-light the procedure—he had diabetes, lost vision in one eye and suffered from seasonal depression. Generally, these conditions … Read more