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August 2026

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 17, 2026

Fighting Over the Rhetorical Woman

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

June 2026

June 06, 2026

Extinction Through Compassion: Down Syndrome’s Disappearance

Recently, news broke that popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgeway and his wife chose to terminate a...

January 2026

January 23, 2026

Cardinal Issue: Selective Urgency & Problematic Credibility

Recently, three highly influential American cardinals released a joint statement titled Charting a Moral Vision...

January 18, 2026

If Progressive Catholics Were Totally Honest…

By Theo Pastoral I think the time has come for progressive Catholics to be totally...

December 2025

December 19, 2025

No Deals with Molech—the Limits of Political Prudence

I refuse to support any politician who backs legal access to abortion. The deliberate killing...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

Do You See Yourself? If Not, Why Not?

Most Saturday mornings, I attend a Catholic men’s group at a local donut shop. During...

October 2024

October 14, 2024

In 2024, the Seamless Garment Offers No Cover for Democrats

As I write this, less than twenty-three days remain until election day. The polls appear...

October 07, 2024

USCCB: Vote to Protect Children in Law and Against Abortion

In anticipation of the coming election in November and October’s Respect Life Month, the chairman...

July 2023

July 18, 2023

The Denial of Human Dignity in New Mexico: The Tragic Story of Alex Fierro

To start, researching for this article broke my heart. No human, especially a newborn baby,...

July 03, 2023

A Plea to Progressive Catholics: You Have Power, Use It!

Recently, I wrote a review of Mark Shea’s Book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer...

January 2023

January 07, 2023

TLR Asks: As a Catholic, Should I Vote Republican?

Recently, I wrote an article explaining why I, as a Catholic, cannot vote Democrat given...

December 2022

December 16, 2022

What Constitutes the Common Good?…

What constitutes the common good? Recently, a fellow Patheos blogger wrote about Christians and the...

June 2022

June 17, 2022

The Catholic Church Can Simultaneously Walk and Chew Gum

Here is a news flash: the Catholic Church can simultaneously walk and chew gum. The...

May 2022

May 11, 2022

Baby Formula, Abortion, Mid-Term Election 2022 and Beyond

What is worse: a national shortage on baby formula or limited abortion rights? How you...

May 07, 2022

Anti-Catholicism, SCOTUS, and Abortion

Anti-Catholicism is not new to the United States. America has a long history of anti-Catholic...

March 2022

March 02, 2022

Ash Wednesday: Marked for Christ and Catholics Who Support Abortion

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Catholics all over the world receive the mark...

January 2022

January 22, 2022

As Abortion (and I) Approach 50, Its End Is Near!

Let us pray for the end of abortion. To end the killing of the most...