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Revert's Rostrum by Casey Chalk
A Manifesto for 2021
January-February 2021As always, when contemplating the political order, we should keep in mind the psalmist’s exhortation: “Put not your trust in princes.”
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A Davidic Similitude in Pre-Revolutionary China
November 2020All of us, regardless of our wealth or circumstances, are presented with choices that lead either to our happiness or to our ruin.
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The Catholic Church in the Crosshairs
September 2020It is a cruel irony that, in less than a century, Catholics have gone from being victimized as unwelcome immigrants to being widely perceived as racist victimizers.
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Sympathy for the Priest
June 2020Honest, humble, Christ-like priests serve on the front lines of a multi-millennia war against evil, defiantly waving the banner of Christ.
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Sign-Stealing of the Times
April 2020The Astros' systematic cheating vitiated the sanctity not only of the game of baseball but a core feature of American identity.
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Overcoming the Evils of Ecclesial Division
January-February 2020The robust friendship of 20th-century Swiss theologians Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar offers a different approach to ecumenical dialogue.
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All Catholics Should Major in Double E
September 2019The Eucharist without the episcopacy is invalid. The episcopacy without the Eucharist is more or less useless. The two are mutually reinforcing.
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A Tree Grows in St. Louis
June 2019A remarkable family and their little spiritual oasis in the Gateway to the West have become, as divine fate would have it, a gateway to Catholicism.
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Judaism’s Nonlinear History of Monotheism
April 2019The historical moment when Judaism seemed most alive, its pieties and devotions most ubiquitous, was the moment God required an expanded understanding and vision of His nature.
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Learning the Meaning of Longsuffering
January-February 2019We all suffer together, we members of the mystical body of Christ. Our every act of virtue contributes to the glory of Christ’s Church.
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The Strange Magnetism of Virtual Fisticuffs
November 2018What happens when a fairly obscure writer picks a fight with a Christian YouTube celebrity who has over 200,000 followers?
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Humanae Vitae: A Manual for Better Sex?
October 2018Much popular Catholic literature on NFP is utilitarian, claiming that obeying Church teaching results in a happier, more exciting bedroom experience.
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- Karl Keating
