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The Screen Revolution: Learning, Literacy and Liturgy

My latest article for National Catholic Register considers how the screen revolution should affect our worship With tablets, WiFi, Internet and e-books, learning is portable, visual and immediate. It is possible, therefore, that schools, colleges, libraries and universities as we know them will evolve, grow, change and maybe even disappear altogether, as new modes of [Read More...]

Hillary Clinton and the Question of Trust

One of the parts of my job as a parish priest is working with couples whose marriages are going through a crisis. One of the most crucial aspects of most marriage breakdowns is the question of trust. Honesty and trust are vital in any relationship, and once trust is broken it is very difficult to [Read More...]

Full Participation at Mass: How Do I Do That?

How many times have I heard priests exclaim their enthusiasm for ‘full participation’ at Mass. It is a kind of modern Catholic mantra. Indeed, not only a Catholic mantra, it has become an ideological slogan before which all must bow. So, in the name of ‘full participation’ we have overturned 2000 years of church architectural [Read More...]

St George and the Dragon

My article for Imaginative Conservative website this week is a review of Dr Taylor Marshall’s excellent novel,Sword and Serpent Taylor takes us to fourth century Rome to tell the story of St George and the Dragon. He’s done a great job weaving together legend, myth, history and a traditional hero’s quest story. His accomplishment in Sword [Read More...]

Pope Francis: It’s Summertime and the Living is Easy

My article for Aleteia this week echoes Pope Francis’ message at his audience on Wednesday. Take some time off and relax! Beginning a three-part teaching in support of the family, Pope Francis began with the subject of celebration. His down to earth teaching in his usual accessible style was a reminder of the third commandment [Read More...]

Is the Antichrist One World Government About to Appear?

I should say straight up that I am not a political animal. I’m Amish. That is to say, my usual response to politics is to shrug and say, “A plague of both your houses.” My cynicism about politics springs from several instincts. The first is that anybody who wants to be in power probably shouldn’t [Read More...]

EWTN Partners With Sophia Institute Press

News is out that Sophia Institute Press (along with Crisis Magazine and Catholic Exchange websites) will soon be holding hands with EWTN This is good news. Small publishers are finding it increasingly difficult and EWTN’s media muscle and global reach will help promote their books, authors and websites. In turn, Sophia Institute Press will be able [Read More...]

EWTN Gathers Up Sophia Institute Press

News is out that Sophia Institute Press (along with Crisis Magazine and Catholic Exchange websites) will come under the wing of EWTN This is good news. Small publishers are finding it increasingly difficult and EWTN’s media muscle and global reach will help promote their books, authors and websites. For us writers this is also go0d [Read More...]

Mexico? You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

One of the most disgusting things we are witnessing in the present political turmoil in the United States is how much xenophobic racism is still around. Not only does it disturb me that it’s there, but it disturbs me even more that it’s here. What I mean is that I  am instinctively and naturally a [Read More...]

The Shroud of Turin: The Evidence Atheists are Looking For

My article for Imaginative Conservative this week is a report on my recent visit to Italy to see the Shroud of Turin. So what formed the image? The best description is that it is an extremely delicate singe marking. Italian physicist Paolo Di Lazzaro concedes in an article for National Geographic that every scientific attempt to replicate [Read More...]