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From Austria this young man, Alexander Tschugguel, explains why he threw the Pachamama idols into the Tiber.

In my attendance at missions, meetings, and functions, it has become clear to me that many people are hungering for clergy — especially bishops — who will uphold the faith more boldly and defend the flock against heresy and error.

How does one get to Heaven? By being a saint on earth. And how does one become a saint? By living a life of holiness. And in what does holiness consist? Here are seven elements.

A post-synodal reflection from George Weigel.

While calls for female deacons and an Amazonian rite have little to stand on, the push for viri probati is cause for serious concern.

It's not enough to simply be outraged by these accusations; we need to know how to intellectually combat them.

At what point will the madness hit bottom? At no point — not when the principle of reality is denied. God alone can save us — God, the ultimate reality.

If we can't expect Catholics to fast from food, a small act of self-denial, how can we teach spouses to die to themselves for the sake of another — the ultimate act of self-denial?

Gerard Verschuuren's new book is an enlightening read for non-scientists interested in the relationship between faith and reason.

A review of Olivier-Thomas Venard's A Poetic Christ: Thomist Reflections on Scripture, Language and Reality.

With The Beer Option, R. Jared Staudt pours out a delightful yet sober blueprint for reclaiming the world for Christ — one beer at a time.

In a new paper in the journal BIO-Complexity, biologist Ann Gauger and mathematician Ola Hössjer use a new computer model to show that a single human-couple origin is possible.

What is it like for a child to grow up not just without knowledge of her mother, but with the knowledge that she was bought and paid for?

Treating a massive crisis of unchastity as a "problem of power" that can be fixed by the hiring of more female executives, the expansion of HR departments, and so on, is utterly delusional.

It doesn't have psychometric validity, it has occult origins, and it doesn't fall in the potentially innocent "meat offered to idols" category.

Let me put it to you very simply. "Any card at any time can mean anything." And if something can mean anything it means nothing.

How could the most prosperous city of what is, by all accounts, Latin America's most prosperous and law-abiding country explode in protests marred by riots and looting? And what do recent events teach us about citizen dissatisfaction and the potential for violence in modern societies?

As churches have receded from public life, their position has been occupied by a secular religion of human rights, to which all are expected to give lip service.

We need to stop teaching "reading" and start teaching "readers."

For better birth outcomes, the U.S. should rethink maternity care.