The Narthex
On Election 2025
Catholic leadership is politically inept, and the U.S. Church has largely lost its political punch
By John M. Grondelski | November 5th 2025 6:05 PMFor the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the children of the light. – Luke 16:8
A pro-abortion zealot was elected Governor of Virginia. In her victory speech, she pledged to protect abortion for the next four years, making… READ FULL BLOG POSTCrickets at the USCCB
The U.S. bishops must make some noise this summer on abortion legislation
By John M. Grondelski | June 10th 2024 12:03 PMScientists tell us that 2024 is a unique year. Every so often, Americans in different regions experience the emergence of cicadas, insects that burrow underground until their new brood hatches and then announce their arrival with uproarious noise. What makes 2024 special is that two different broods -- one that…
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