The Fifth Column

For over 25 years (1950-1976), Josef Pieper was professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Munster. As professor emeritus,...

Years ago, pro-aborts came up with an ingenious argument that makes them look like saints while forcing their critics into silence: "I...

On January 15, 2010, the altar, sanctuary and sacred space of St. James Church in Chinatown was desecrated by several rock bands that had be...

To Paul Mirengoff, Why would you hope that Brit Hume's recommendations to Tiger Woods, namely that Tiger dump Buddhism and become a Chri...

After reading the recent story by the Belleville News-Democrat on Bishop Braxton's requirement that (horrors!) Catholics actually kneel...

Did you ever notice? People who are concerned about the destruction of the rain forests often invoke the possible loss of new pharmaceutical...

In the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze, a memorable exchange took place: Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): "Is there any other ...

In 374 AD, the bishop of Milan died. The town was in great turmoil as debate began about who should succeed him. The Arian heretics wanted o...

Throughout the history of the Church, the greatest of saints have regularly undertaken personal and severe mortifications in order to join t...

Or maybe Palin-Bachman. Who cares which it is? But what a race it would be in 2012! The GOP has the opportunity to put together the first fe...

Most people know Tom Monaghan as the billionaire entrepreneur who invented Domino's Pizza, started the first Catholic law school and uni...

Is it just me, or are Catholics on the East Coast just really good at playing the victim? Patrick Kennedy made some absolutely heinous publi...

On the surface, it seems a great mystery. Why would the leftist liberals who embrace abortion, homosexual rights, pornography, free love, se...

Deroy Murdock of the National Review is perplexed. He can't understand why Obamacrats would create a new tax on medical devices, a tax ...