A reader plagued by scrupulosity writes…
By Mark Shea | As you know, I have been totally confused by this whole issue of modesty that seems to convulse the Catholic blogosphere. Anyway, what do you think of bikini-style swimsuits in that...
View Article2012 Campaign: Thomas Hobbes vs. Edmund Burke
By GEORGE WEIGEL | You likely think, gentle reader, that the 2012 presidential race is a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. That, of course, is true, insofar as the names on our Nov. 6...
View ArticleA Reader Puzzles Over Our Relationship With the Eastern Churches
By Mark Shea | He writes: I read your article on Unam Sanctam. Being an evangelical considering whether to become a Catholic, I found it helpful, though I am still struggling to wrap my mind around it....
View ArticleMuch Ado About Vocations
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: How did you/do you discern a ‘vocation’ to writing alongside your primary marriage/motherhood vocation? I love writing and I sometimes feel called to shar...
View ArticleDealing With Fear
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: So, It's 1am, and I just finished a cake. All the while I was painting tiny little gold letters on said cake, all I could think about was how freaking terrified I am...
View ArticleJoseph’s Witness to Mary’s Perpetual Virginity
By Mark Shea | The average modern reader of Matthew assumes Joseph disbelieved Mary and wanted to divorce her as an adulteress. Pictures come to the mind very easily of a Mary “pregnant out to there”...
View Article‘I still feel as if my baby is inside me’: tragic note from 15-year-old...
by Jill Stanek On March 20, 2007, I published a touching email I received from reader Bethany about her miscarried baby, who she named Blessing. Bethany included photos. With Bethany’s permission, I...
View ArticleHow Can a Married Woman Be a Bride of Christ?
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: I'm a sixteen year old girl [. . .] For a few years I very much wanted to be a cloistered nun, and read many works and practiced some of the spirituality of...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood’s Black Friday special
by Jill Stanek You may think I’m setting you up for a spoof, but no. Planned Parenthood brings new meaning to the term, “Black Friday,” doesn’t it? [HT: reader Anne] Reprinted with permission from...
View ArticleYou and Your Heathen Friend
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: Can a faithful, orthodox Catholic be best friends with a non-Catholic (a non-Christian, even)? I've been criticized by women holier than me that my best friend...
View ArticleCatholic Community: What, Why, and How?
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: After converting to Orthodox Judaism, I adopted a very "frum" life in a tight-knit Orthodox (although non-Chassidic) community. After several years, though,(and for...
View ArticlePDF of Advent Calendar of Hymn Tune Introits
Many thanks to Steven van Roode for providing this file in PDF, as requested by a reader: Advent Calendar of Hymn Tune Introits.
View ArticleOne Final Follow-Up on the Immaculate Conception
By Mark Shea | A reader writes: It’s true that you can assume the Immaculate Conception from certain readings of the gospel, but the fact is, it is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible and for that...
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The Perennial Santa Question
By Mark Shea | A reader writes: As we approach ever closer to Christmas, something I've always pondered (which I was surprised to find, interestingly enough, is a topic not addressed on the popular...
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John Paul II, Heaven, and Hell
By Mark Shea | A reader writes: I'd like your take on something, if you please. I've heard many Christians (John Paul II among them, if memory serves) state that heaven and hell are states of being...
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