The changes in the liturgy since Vatican II are so striking that many of my lapsed-Catholic friends who recently have started to attend...

The moral gravity of abortion is not perceived by many "Catholics" and is so serious an issue that it tragically divides the sons and...

One of the episodes in the Gospel that has always moved me particularly is the story of the blind man of Jericho: upon hearing that Christ..

In every society there are icons: some people who because of their talents, their personality, or their successes have become role models...

Hell is the place where love is banished. Understandably, the Evil One not only loathes the very word, but moreover, animated by his...

The older I get, the more dissatisfied I am with the labels that historians of philosophy paste on thinkers’ back. Granted that it greatly..

In our culture, the word “democracy” has been granted a dignity that rivals the one that used to be granted to Gospel truths. To be...

Years ago, the word “discrimination” was primarily used to make intelligent distinctions. A discriminating person was one capable of...

Many sicknesses are contagious; health is not. It is regrettable, but it is a fact. Since original sin, intellectual viruses have...

Which one of us would not agree with Schiller who, in his Ode to Joy, writes that he who leaves this earth without ever having had a real...

Alas, rare are those among us that have never been offended by our fellow men. The most fortunate are usually those who are in the...

The market is flooded with textbooks on ethics. Having taught this subject for many years in a secular university, I have been struck by...

Man's nobility and greatness are expressed by his capacity to use words that enable him to communicate with his neighbors. One of the...

A glance cast at the religious literature of the last decade will immediately reveal the emphasis laid on freedom of conscience. Never...

Belgium is a small country whose geographical location led to her involvement in many European wars. Her climate is mild, and her rich...

Pierre Macq, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain (CUL), claims that the University is not in conflict with the Catholic Church...

John Galvin's article (The Latin Mass magazine, spring 2002) is bound to baffle many faithful Catholics who view Humanae Vitae as the...