Letters to the Editor: October 2026

Are All Governments Illegitimate?... Excursions into Eloquent Ambiguity... Man or Machine?... A Self-Defeating Line of Reasoning... and more

The News You May Have Missed: October 2026

Miters All Around... Crimes Against the Faith... Bankrolling Baptisms in Bavaria... End of Dog Days... Interspecies Occultism... Back on the Old Ballfield... and more

Waking Wilfred Parker

A FRIENDSHIP I NEVER EXPECTED — & NEVER FORGOT

Patrick Madrid

I learned important lessons about the elderly, aging, death, and dying -- lessons that imparted an understanding of people going through those situations.

Recovering Reality: Étienne Gilson & the Metaphysics of Evangelization

COUNTERING AN ONTOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE

James Iovino

Any credible evangelization today must stand on the ground Gilson recovered: the primacy of being, without which neither truth nor grace can be received.

“We Have Forgotten God”: A Conversation with Waleed Siam

CULTURAL COUNTERPOINT

Jason M. Morgan

In a few years the world has changed dramatically, but the only thing that has changed in Palestine is the suffering of the innocent has multiplied.

Soapboxes & Sedition: The Long, Uneasy History of Free Speech

COVENANT & CIVILIZATION

Marcus Peter

Free speech must be cherished, not assumed. It must be practiced even when uncomfortable, and defended even when unpopular.

The Blessed Archbishop & the Venerable Pope

GUEST COLUMN

Ronald J. Rychlak

Sheen admired Pope Pius XII’s leadership, calling him a “dry martyr,” meaning he suffered for the Church in times of persecution without shedding his own blood.

Life in the Blood

Andrew M. Seddon

Perhaps we ourselves are vampire-like, separated from God by sin, believing the ancient lie that “you shall be as gods,” harming ourselves and others.

Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places

Thomas Storck

A balance is necessary between the faith conceived as intellectual assent and as a lived experience, rooted in the liturgy but extending to all aspects of our lives.

Briefly Reviewed: October 2026

'Kruger’s Korps' is a globe-trotting adventure filled with intrigue, humor, and moral questions that go beyond simplistic dialectics.