The future of the Catholic Church in America looks rather bleak, and its decline in influence and status seems to be inevitable. Dr....

When I was hired to work at Mundelein Seminary/University of St. Mary of the Lake, Bishop Barron (then the rector of the seminary) was...

St. Athanasius wrote, “The Son of God became man so that man might become God.” Such a profound prospect for humanity might lead us to...

Liturgy is the source and summit of the Christian life. Simply put, it’s a big deal. Like me, many of you probably associate Vatican II...

Do you remember when you first realized that you would eventually die? I do. Each summer, my family visited my great aunt’s cottage on...

Many Christians are bound to become pessimistic and discouraged after not seeing much fruit from all their labors in catechesis and...

A quick glance at the cultural landscape and its receptiveness to the Gospel might make the evangelist a tad resigned. Given that the...

When I worked at Mundelein Seminary, I met many old-time Chicago priests who used to tell me interesting stories about the archdiocese...

A colleague once told me that he heard Cardinal Francis George lament that Catholics in Chicago were treating Mass like going for fast...

In his latest book Mass Exodus, Dr. Stephen Bullivant’s description of the typical religiously unaffiliated person (a.k.a., “none”) in...

If you want an example of the rise of the unaffiliated, look no further than many of the traditionally Catholic families in the US. Many...

One must tread carefully when trying to understand the rise of the religiously unaffiliated in Western societies. Each person is unique...

My wife and I met at a conference hosted back in 2012 by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at CUA on “The Challenge of Vatican II”,...

Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski (1998) is one of the funniest and most quotable movies ever made with some of the most memorable characters and scenes in film history. Not only is it a cult film and the inspiration for a new cult (the mock religion of Dudeism), it is, surprisingly, an insightful film packed with fertility symbolism that would excite the likes of a Carl Jung or a Camille Paglia. As I see it, the film is a vital response to modern decadence, close to the lines

Not only has the council been blamed for much of the apostasy in today’s Church, but it has been remarkably misunderstood.

“Where art thou?” God’s question to Adam and Eve is directed to all of us as, like the first named humans in Genesis we have all, at...

It was the first day of a teaching career I had been working toward for most of my life. Confident that I would make a deep impression...

Robert Mixa (RM): Please help us understand the work of Ferdinand Ulrich and his philosophical importance. DC Schindler (DC): He was a...

Robert Mixa: Today I am with Dr. Grant Kaplan, author of the book Rene Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental...