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October 2026

October 09, 2026

Amoris Laetitia Deserves a Better Defence

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Mike Lewis labels the critics. He does not address the controversy. Introduction...

October 02, 2026

Rich Man, Poor Man: Altruism and Agency

In my previous article, I challenged a way of speaking about poverty that emphasizes what...

October 01, 2026

The Order We Did Not Make: The World We Received

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Did God Really Say The first act of the fall is a...

September 2026

September 22, 2026

Is This “Culture War” Catholicism—or Evangelization?

Recently, I purchased a book by a popular Catholic author—a cleric not known for engaging...

September 11, 2026

The Road We Have Not Walked: From Knowing to Walking Faith

Guest writer: Pilgrim. The Question That Justifies Itself A scholar of the law once stood...

September 06, 2026

Gloria Steinem, John Paul II, and Two Visions of Freedom

A Catholic Reflection on Gloria Steinem’s Legacy Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died. I pray...

September 01, 2026

The Suggestive Power of “Perhaps”

Can Permanent Discernment Work Around Catholicism's Safeguards Against Doctrinal Change? To frequent readers, my concerns...

August 2026

August 30, 2026

God’s Delight: Why a Perfect God Made a World

God's Delight Guest writer: Pilgrim. May the LORD rejoice in his works. (Psalm 104:31) The...

August 26, 2026

Whose Vision of Human Flourishing Reflects The Common Good?

Applying the Common Good Consistently to Abortion, Sexuality, Marriage, and the Rights of Children In...

August 21, 2026

How Do We Determine What Falls Under “The Common Good”?

In a previous article, I addressed Henry Karlson’s claims about the dangers of Christian Nationalism....

August 20, 2026

Echoes of the Logos: On Charlie Brown and Grace

Guest writer: Pilgrim. "The Evangelium has not abrogated legends; it has hallowed them." (J.R.R. Tolkien,...

August 17, 2026

Fighting Over the Rhetorical Woman

Everyone Knows What a Woman Is—Until the Definition Becomes Inconvenient Currently, the WNBA (Women’s National...

August 10, 2026

Why Catholics Who Share an Altar Still Can’t Agree

The Carpark Argument: Musings Over the Coffee and Scones Guest writer: Pilgrim. Two people kneel...

August 05, 2026

Where Should God Draw the Line on Allowing Suffering?

Job's Wife, Heaven, and the Search for a World Without Evil Recently, guest contributor Peter...

August 03, 2026

If God Is Good, Why Evil? A Composer and His Score

A Christian Theodicy: The Music of Creation Guest writer: Pilgrim. This is the second of...

July 2026

July 31, 2026

A Christian Theodicy: The Wound and the Crown

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Preface This is the first of two essays that are not an...

July 26, 2026

The Cosmic Jury: Part II – Cross-Examining the Architect

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Preface This is the second of two essays that are not an...

July 20, 2026

Denouncing Is Easy. Governing Is Hard. Now Show Me Results!

In a recent article, Patheos writer Henry Karlson denounced what he calls “the theology of...

July 16, 2026

Why Does Synodality Only Go One-Way?

“A synodal Church is a Church of listening,” the late Pope Francis declared in a...

July 12, 2026

A Seeker’s Dilemma: Which Protestant Church Should I Join?

Suppose Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy were not options for me. Suppose I became convinced that...

July 10, 2026

Love Is Not a Permission Slip

Guest writer: Pilgrim. The Scribe's Question A scribe asks Jesus which commandment is first of...

July 07, 2026

Atheists: Is There a Foundation Beneath the Outrage?

In my writing, I often address moral issues from a Catholic perspective. That perspective rests...

July 05, 2026

Accompanying the Greedy: A Pastoral Reflection

For centuries, Christians have treated greed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Yet perhaps...

July 03, 2026

When Pastoral Language Refuses to Answer

Guest writer: Pilgrim. On the Rhetoric of Accompaniment Introduction There is an old parlour trick,...

June 2026

June 30, 2026

Don’t Misinterpret the Bereans: Berean Principle Reexamined

Recently, I engaged in a lively but civil debate about Christian authority with my Presbyterian...

June 27, 2026

The Real Danger of Imagination in the Spiritual Life

In a recent exchange between two Catholics—one progressive and one more conservative—the progressive accused the...

June 25, 2026

Genesis Reimagined: A Reflection on the Garden Experience

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Disclaimer The following narrative is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons,...

June 22, 2026

The Soft Bigotry of Low Saintly Expectations

In 2000, then-presidential candidate George W. Bush popularized the phrase "the soft bigotry of low...

June 18, 2026

The Grammar and the Wound: Truth and Pastoral Reckoning

Introduction: The Reckoning of the Grammar Requires The Christian tradition proposes that the sexual act...

June 16, 2026

The One Who Hears You Hears Me: First, Identify the Church

The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me,...