Catholic Church

By Auguste Meyrat, Crisis Magazine - Christians and conservatives can take comfort in the fact that they have traditionally opposed vice and vanity, but they need to hold fast to this. If they adopt their own version of identity politics or give in to a hedonistic mentality that prioritizes sexual indulgence above all else, they will lose their minds much like the secular Left has. As it stands, the clash between Left and Right isn’t so much a debate between two opposing arguments but a conflict between a reasonable worldview and an emotional one.

By Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing - Cdls. Cupich and Gregory, Bsp. Burbidge.. and others insist that we Catholics shall not be united unless we cause everyone to give up the beauty and power they find in the Latin Mass – for it is there to be found, and even at a low Mass, the quiet power is as solid and confident and firm... But that is like demanding that we shall find beauty where it is not... It’s like saying, “You shall get rid of your altar rail, and you shall at the same time be just as profoundly touched by the excellence of the Sacrament as you were before ....