Perspective

I can understand why many Americans seem dispirited about world affairs. Things are indeed a mess. What I cannot understand, however, is...

Classical education has exploded in the last ten years, and for good reason. Education has descended into a utilitarian pursuit, though...

(Photo: Lightstock) As an American, I find great inspiration in the documents that laid the foundation for our nation and in the lives of...

In a recent interview with The Pillar, Dr. Frank Ronge, a veteran German Catholic bureaucrat who coordinates the German Synodal Path,...

Recently, I gave a talk on “Catholic Friendship” at Our Lady of Victory High School here in Denver—a fabulous school, by the way. It was...

Photo provided by First Things. This article was first written on September 27th for First Things by our friend Fran X. Maier. Speaking...

“Make everything you can a sacrifice.” – The Angel of Portugal to the three Fatima children Sacrifice stands before us as the hidden key...

According to the Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio , there are north of 5,000 Catholic bishops in the world today. They share...

Photo: Adobe Stock What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up today? Chances are it wasn’t God, but you were instead...

In her prescient book, Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse, Mary Ann Glendon of the Harvard Law School warned her...

“Hallow,” the prayer app that debuted in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on the planet, having been downloaded some 14...

Do we really have to have a funeral Mass (or funeral liturgy outside of Mass)? What if no one is going to come? The answer to these two...