Since the time of the English Reformation to even this day, Catholics have been derided as “Papists” for their loyalty to the pronouncements of the Pope and the Church’s Magisterium—over and above, say, the pronouncements of other Christian confessions or the supreme law of the land (i.e., our constitution).  Even in our own country the te...

The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen begins his book Three to Get Married by drawing a distinction early on between sex and love.  He says the following: “[S]ex seeks the part; love the totality.  Sex is biological and physiological and has its definite zones of satisfaction.  Love, on the contrary, includes all of these but is directed to t...

Catholic men must regard as indispensable the need to gather together in fellowship with other men who profess our same creed.  To do so is not an option, except insofar as Christ affords us the freedom to choose to neglect this foundational aspect of Christian life.  The reason why we must gather together in fellowship with other Catholic men is...

I am confident that I speak for more than just myself when I say that the aftermath of the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president has been incredibly disheartening.  Some feel disheartened because of Trump’s executive orders, others because of his cabinet picks, still others because of his supreme court pick.  While I certainly have...