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Our Hidden Treasure: The Catholic Vision of History

By Dr. Timothy T. O’Donnell

Download PDF Ask a typical university student what he considers to be the most important event in all of history. He might offer responses such as “the invention of the printing press,” or “the Industrial Revolution,” or “the civil rights movement.” These are...

Three Sane Decisions to Help You Save Your Soul

By Fr. Robert Spitzer

Download PDF The following is adapted from the 2019 Commencement Address delivered at Christendom College. It is a real honor to be with all of you here today, and I want to open with saying, congratulations to the class of 2019. I can already tell from that...

The Scandal of Uneducated College Graduates

By Dale Ahlquist

Download PDF A few years ago, a friend said to me: “At some point, everything becomes a TLA.” I admitted that I didn’t know what he was talking about. “What’s a TLA?” I asked. “Three Letter Acronym.” Although amused, I did not respond with: “LOL.” Of course, LOL had...

Understanding and Responding to Our Transgender Moment

By Dr. Ryan Anderson

Download PDF America is in the midst of what has been called a “transgender moment.”1 In the space of a year, transgender issues went from something that most Americans had never heard of to a cause claiming the mantle of civil rights. Can a boy truly be “trapped” in...

Sacred Architecture and the Meaning of Community

By Rev. Paul D. Scalia

Download PDF Most Sundays I celebrate Mass at Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish in Springfield, Virginia. During the Liturgy of the Word, as the priest is at the chair, I find myself gazing at the enormous, beautiful stained-glass window in the north transept, opposite...

Is Catholic Ireland Dead?

By Dr. Timothy O'Donnell

Download PDF Sadly, since this tragic vote was taken, the Irish government is now proposing draconian legislation, which not only will allow access to abortion throughout the land, but will also seek to force Catholic hospitals, physicians, nurses, and midwives to...