The Fifth Column

The pagan Chinese remind us that lynch mobs aren't just driven by Christian sentiments, but by sentiments of natural law written on our...

If America just permitted public school teachers to get married, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. I blame the women-only priesthood ...

As regular readers know, I'm a nut about doing restored order for the sacraments, i.e., trying to get Confirmation done before First Euc...

I have been searching for quotes from scientists in support of faith. During the course of this search, I've run into quite a few misund...

For all those people who already know the difference between a terrorist and a liturgist (you can negotiate with a terrorist), I have writte...

The Huffington Post, Camille Paglia and Lifesite News are all in agreement: Barack Obama might choose Governor Sebelius as his vice presiden...

You know, I have heard endless numbers of atheists make fun of the Middle Ages because philosophers debated how many angels could dance on ...

In April, Ted Kennedy receives the Eucharist at a Papal Mass. In May, Ted Kennedy has a stroke and is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor...

If we support the separation of Church and state because Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, then what do we do...

Thanks to Fr. Z over at www.wdtprs.com/blog VATICAN CITY , 10 MAY 2008 (VIS) – According to a decree made public today and signed by Cardina...

Curiouser and curiouser. Prior to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States, the Pope had made clear that he was very much opposed ...

I've spent the last couple of days reading through the papal speeches made last week. Pope Benedict consistently drove home the message:...

Thomas Sowell has just written an interesting column on the problem created by government subsidy of higher education. I greatly respect So...

I haven't found much on what the Pope had to say on this subject, apart from this story from Catholic News Service. I found three aspec...

Alright, I don't get it. According to all the experts,: single moms make great parents, homosexuals make great parents (remember Heather...

In his most recent column for Catholic Exchange, Mark Shea makes much of the fact that the press has, for the last three years, been intole...

Science News has published the results of a new study on market economies in its March 15, 2008 issue. Economist Benedikt Herrmann of the U...

Because I'm not too bright, it failed to occur to me that some people may want to listen to the weekly radio show I do. The Soundbites p...

In all the controversy over various things in the last few weeks, I forgot about a letter I received on the subject from Rome a few years ag...

How time flies. Just one year ago , I pointed out that when people's lives are full of turmoil, it is excellent news for the economy. No...