Columnist: Matthew Schmitz
Our Strange Catholic Moment
American Catholicism is in steep decline. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. In 2025, only 1.6 million did. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took ...
Can The Pope Do No Wrong?
In recent months, controversies in the Catholic Church have reached a new pitch. On one side are critics of the Pope, often accused of being crypto-schismatics or sedevacantists. On the ...
CATHOLIC SHAME: The Unborn Would Actually Be SAFER If Catholics Were Removed From Public Office
The U.S. bishops' failure to act against pro-abortion politicians has created this mess. If Catholics were barred from public office, our politics might be greatly improved. Such a harsh assessment ...
At the Synod, the Church’s Culture War Looks a Lot Like Class War
When Pope Francis was elected five years ago, he announced that he wanted to build a “poor Church for the poor.” At the Synod on Youth taking place this month ...
Why ‘Uncle Ted’ Didn’t Want to be Called a Father
Theodore McCarrick did not want to be known as a father. He encouraged young men and boys to call him “uncle”, and called them his nephews in turn. He wrote ...