It is almost 30 years since my book Literary Converts was published by Harper Collins in the United Kingdom and subsequently by Ignatius Press in the United States. It was praised by A.N. Wilson as “an admirable book” and was listed by Conrad Black as one of his favorite books of 1999. It has sold well and has remained in print ever since its initial publication. As the author of such a book…

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Founded in 1636 for the purpose of raising up young men for ministry in the Congregational Church, a tradition long since abandoned as hopelessly retrograde, Harvard University yet remains the oldest institution of higher learning in this country. It could well be the most expensive, too, current tuition being around a hundred thousand or so per year. That includes both room and board, by the way…

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That October 2, 1979. That Cathedral of St. Patrick in New York City. Pope John Paul II was paying a visit to that storied cathedral. As he solemnly strode the middle aisle, he paused at the altar rail. Someone was waiting for him—Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The aged and disabled phenomenon attempted to kneel and kiss the pontifical ring. The pope stopped him, looked into his eyes…

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In the now infamous exchange between Tucker Carlson and British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rees-Mogg said that Britishers needed to prepare for war with Russia. Rees-Mogg is not the only European plumping for what would be a global war. Two weeks ago, the Danish intelligence service laid out the arguments that Russia is already at war with NATO. The report asserts…

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Recently Thomas Mirus, Editor-in-Chief of Catholic Culture, invited me (along with many other people in Catholic media) to sign a public pledge he wrote against AI content. After some consideration, I declined to sign it, so I want to explain why. To be clear, I think the motivations behind the pledge are good, and I’m supportive of the spirit of this particular pledge. Many fine people I…

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Pope Leo XIV embarked on his fifth international Apostolic Journey since the beginning of his pontificate recently when he went to France. While many hailed the trip as a success, certain Catholic online journals criticized him for “celebrating a motto of the French Revolution used by Freemasons—“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”—as “universal ethical imperatives.” The pontiff told the faithful…

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Ten years ago, as Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID), I had a conversation with a friend about assisted suicide. After I sent him an article on the subject, he asked why someone should not be allowed to kill herself if she wanted to, particularly if she was physically incapable of doing so. He then asked what the “big picture” was surrounding such issues. I eventually turned part…

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I spoke the other day with my daughter Shannon, who is a month into her freshman year of college. I expected her to tell me about her first taste of big-time Deep South college football—all about Ole Miss’ huge victory over its rival, LSU. Instead, she told me her university was on lockdown. Two freshmen from the dorm across the street had died the night before.

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In an article published at The Catholic Thing on September 18, 2026, Dmitri Solzhenitsyn endeavors to summarize for readers what he calls “The Original ‘Liturgy Wars’: Between East and West.” His basic argument is that wars over liturgy are nothing new—in fact, the first battlefield was between East and West, inasmuch as the Western church slowly drifted away from the original template still…

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A couple of weeks ago, leftist theologian Rich Raho posted on 𝕏 celebrating the advancement of Dorothy Day’s cause for canonization, linking to an article by Michael Fox at Catholics for the Common Good. Upon seeing his post, I reposted his statement and wrote one of my own: “There is only one reason her cause for sainthood is being pushed.” When asked to clarify what that reason was…

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