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October 2026

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...

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 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...

June 2026

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 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 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,...

June 09, 2026

“The Committee” Evaluates Moses and Jesus… The Results

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Two Listening Processes The Wilderness Consultation In the second year after the...

May 2026

May 05, 2026

Is Moral Truth Optional for Those Who Struggle?

Do all Catholics, regardless of their personal struggles and life situations, deserve access to the...

March 2026

March 31, 2026

Nietzsche, Orwell, Modern Grievance Politics & “No Kings”

Do you hate rich people? Do you smile at protest signs that read, “Eat the...

February 2026

February 23, 2026

“Explaining Away” the Appeal of Catholicism

Recently, a good Protestant friend of mine — a Presbyterian pastor, no less — sent...

February 15, 2026

Are We God’s Referees?

Guest writer: Pilgrim. What Jesus teaches about judgement, suffering, and why we are not God's...

February 12, 2026

Falsifying Reality: Dante, Truth, and the Gender Identity

Many students of literature and poetry recognize Dante’s Inferno as the first part of The...

January 2026

January 28, 2026

The Danger of Enraged Imprudence

Minneapolis currently stands at the center of political volatility. Tragic events no longer unfold; they...

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 22, 2026

Memorandum from Below: Notes Toward a Successful Apostolate

Submitted anonymously. Slubgob, Under-Secretary for Ecclesiastical Affairs. I am permitted (with considerable hesitation from my...

January 09, 2026

History as Chiasm: Christianity Against Progress and Despair

Guest writer: Pilgrim The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the...

January 06, 2026

From Pantheon to Church: The Triumph of Catholicism

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Of the many wondrous works...

December 2025

December 22, 2025

Seeing Christmas and Holy Saturday: How Stories Form Us

Guest writer: Pilgrim Prologue I was setting up the Christmas crib with my five-year-old grandson....

December 16, 2025

This Is My Body: The Choice Between Gift and Grasp

Guest writer: Pilgrim. Introduction: The First Choice A Catholic senator defends marriage and votes against...

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 22, 2025

False Virtue: Why Marxism and Catholicism Cannot Mix

Many Catholics today—some knowingly, others not—import Marxist categories such as oppressor versus oppressed, systemic harm,...

August 2025

August 03, 2025

Progressive Catholicism: The Human Person Reimagined

With this article, we arrive at the third of five in a series exploring what...

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 28, 2025

In Progressivism: Each Person Becomes Their Own Magisterium

In my last article, I addressed the progressive Catholic penchant for sentimentality. I showed that...

July 20, 2025

The Call to Holiness and Catholicity

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

December 2023

December 06, 2023

Is Truth “Tribal?”

A recent article by a fellow Patheos writer, and a comment he received from a...

August 2023

August 26, 2023

Sharing Truth in Love Means…

How do we share the revealed truth found in Christianity, especially when this truth causes...

October 2022

October 10, 2022

Choose The Way, The Truth, and The Life

Choose the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Recently, another Patheos blogger wrote an article...