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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...

September 2026

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...

July 2026

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 03, 2026

When Pastoral Language Refuses to Answer

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

April 2026

April 23, 2026

The Limits of Dissent: Pentin’s Interview with Kwasniewski

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Introduction One year after the death of Pope Francis, Edward Pentin's interview...

April 15, 2026

Catholic Social Teaching and American Politics

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Introduction: When the President Attacks the Pope Something remarkable has been unfolding,...

November 2025

November 27, 2025

The Smoke of Satan: Post-Conciliar Confusion

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction In 1972, while home from university, my father told me Pope...

November 14, 2025

The Gospel Cannot Be Changed With a Footnote

Guest writer: Pilgrim The Loss of Faith from Humanae Vitae to Amoris Laetitia So Peter...

November 10, 2025

Between Mercy and Confusion: Amoris Laetitia’s Challenge

Guest writer: Pilgrim On why institutional precision is necessary for accompaniment to work universally Introduction:...

October 2025

October 27, 2025

A Pilgrim in the Desert: Lessons from a Long Road

Guest writer: Pilgrim O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts...

October 14, 2025

Beyond Performative Hand-Wringing: Response to Mike Lewis

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Mike Lewis' recent article "Straight Answers: The Reasons Behind Restricting the Latin...

October 09, 2025

Act of Reparation by Bishop Schneider: A Critical Assessment

Guest writer: Pilgrim Prologue: The Controversy in Rome In late September 2025, an event in...

October 02, 2025

Reflections on Paths Through the Wilderness: Guest Writer

Guest writer: Pilgrim An old man's thoughts on the choices facing the faithful. Introduction "You...

September 2025

September 11, 2025

When Mercy Meets Truth: A Guide from Sin to Grace

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction From the beginning, the Church has proclaimed the Good News of...

September 01, 2025

Sex Assigned at Birth: From God or Man?

I began thinking about this article before the tragic events in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August...

August 2025

August 17, 2025

War, Moral Principles, and Contemporary Conflicts

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction In Catholic moral theology, the morality of an act depends on...

August 15, 2025

Would You Sign This?

In July 2025, three respected traditionalist/conservative theologians lost their longstanding professorships at Detroit’s Sacred Heart...

August 08, 2025

Mike Lewis’s “False Orthodoxy and Fired Professors” Revealed

Guest writer: Pilgrim Pastoralism, Doctrinal Ambiguity, and Asymmetry in Catholic Academic Life Introduction In the...

August 05, 2025

Correcting Mike Lewis: Fired Professors Are Not Heretics

What do you call a Catholic theologian who defends Veritatis Splendor, raises concerns about sacramental...

August 01, 2025

Age of Distrust: Pope Francis and the Death Penalty

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction The 2018 revision to Catechism of the Catholic Church §2267 by...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Are Catholics Lost In Theological Fog? Sadly, Many Are…

Guest Writer: Pilgrim Introduction Many Catholics today find themselves disoriented by conflicting theological voices, unsure...

July 20, 2025

The Call to Holiness and Catholicity

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction This post examines how the essential marks of holiness and catholicity,...

July 09, 2025

No, The Resurrected Do Not Engage in Sexual Activity

I recently came across an article by fellow Patheos blogger Talley Cross on the Evangelical...

June 2025

June 24, 2025

(Supreme Court) Justice and Gender-Affirming Care

As most of my readers know, I often write about what I consider the dangers...

June 16, 2025

A Father’s Heart: Reflections on Fatherhood (Guest Writer)

Guest writer: Pilgrim Introduction Yesterday was Father’s Day. As usual my children and grandchildren gathered...

May 2025

May 12, 2025

My Hope for the Pope Leo XIV Papacy

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! On May 9, 2025, the 267th successor to St....

April 2025

April 30, 2025

Pope Francis’ Legacy: To Marginalized, He Didn’t Do Enough

While Pope Francis has been praised for his inclusive tone, his refusal to alter core...

April 26, 2025

With Papal Postmortem: The German Bishops Are At It—Again…

Out of respect for the passing of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and to pray...

April 03, 2025

Will “Where Peter Is” Survive A Post-Francis Papacy?

Where Peter is, there is the Church. In my last article, I compared the culture...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

The Culture War is Spiritual Warfare

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the...