Guest Columnist
Book review - "Scalia Speaks"
Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived, a compilation of public speeches given by the late Supreme... Read more
Blaming Columbus Misses the Lessons of History
As a proud member of both the Osage Nation (the Ni-U-Kon-Ska, "People of the Middle Waters"), and the Knights of... Read more
What a papal visit means to Colombians
Pope Francis has arrived in Colombia for an unprecedented four-day trip. The press is highlighting the peace accord between the... Read more
Removing Catholic school’s statues may be necessary
San Domenico School in San Anselmo, Calif., has voluntarily chosen to remove or relocate most of its Christian statues and... Read more
Mother Teresa: An intercessor for the persecuted charitable works of the Church
The canonization of Mother Teresa a year ago by Pope Francis was a momentous occasion for Catholics. Every newly-made saint’s... Read more
Should Married Men be Ordained to the Priesthood?
There are many and widely varied arguments as to whether or not married men should be ordained to the priesthood.... Read more
Book Review - "That Nothing May be Lost"
Father Paul Scalia has compiled a series of his essays in a book, That Nothing May be Lost, that help... Read more
Pro-life Feminism: Grandma’s Revolution
Every generation, feminists gather to recapitulate the state of women’s progress. At a Human Life Review sponsored event in New... Read more
Book review - "Strangers in a Strange Land"
Woven into the fabric of American society, present in every milieu, and taking some part in all the complicated ways... Read more
Republicans’ repeal and replace bill violates religious liberty
Despite all the back-slapping going on in Washington, the Republicans’ alleged repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act with... Read more
Book Review - "Littlest Suffering Souls"
Rather than taking on complex political or moral issues of the day as he is so skillfully able to do,... Read more
Iraq’s Christian refugees face double discrimination
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians, who once made up one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East,... Read more
From Amenemope to St. Augustine - reflections for Holy Week
“As Christ laid down his life for us, so we too ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”... Read more
The Pain beneath the Cross
As Catholics, we are not thin-skinned when we encounter and personally experience pain. We are taught about the redemptive qualities... Read more
What the Martin family teaches us about tremendous suffering
Abuse, terminal illness, the death of a child, emotional torment: each an astounding difficulty in its own right. But did... Read more
Christian Genocide Survivors Deserve Support and Priority
When I visited Erbil, Iraq, in December with a congressional delegation determined to find out why Christians had often been... Read more
Deaconesses: Are We Asking The Right Questions?
When it was announced that the Vatican would open a commission into the question of women deacons, my initial response... Read more
The Little Known Story of a Dominican Who Helped Found the UN
Representatives from the Holy See and other Catholic orders gathered in Geneva last month to acknowledge and observe the Dominican... Read more
A New Year’s Revolution
Resolutions: there are many this time of year, as in any year. Be it plans to exercise, to be healthy,... Read more
2016 – A year that saw the Holy See and China building bridges
The latest meeting of Pope Francis' “Council of Cardinals” has just ended and, according to Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke, “missionary... Read more
