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Atheist Philosopher Converts to Catholicism

On August 21, 2026, Joseph (Joe) Schmid—PhD student in philosophy at Princeton University and host of the popular YouTube channel Majesty of Reason—published a roughly 28-minute video titled “I just converted to Catholicism. Here’s my story.” The video quickly surpassed… Continue Reading →

The Failed Socialist Utopia of New Harmony, Indiana

In the early 19th century, the small settlement on the Wabash River in Posey County, Indiana, known first as Harmonie and later as New Harmony, became the site of two successive experiments in communal living. The second of these—the secular,… Continue Reading →

New Crusade

Vatican II Paradox

h/t Erick Ybarra: Unsurprisingly, the Eastern brethren have awoken to some confusion. Below represents their reaction. Can any of my canonist friends help them make sense of the situation? Prima facie, it would appear that there needs to be a… Continue Reading →

Dorothy Day on God Versus the State

“Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry… Continue Reading →

The Grandeur That Is Already Ours: A Libertarian Catholic Reading of Magnifica Humanitas

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence and human dignity contains some of the most powerful affirmations of individual personhood in modern Social Doctrine — and some of its most troubling concessions to statist collectivism. We read it whole. Pope… Continue Reading →

Same Energy

An absolute legend went viral recently for refusing to bow to in Muslim prayer. A child (age 6-8) who refused to join classmates prostrating in prayer during a Scouts UK interfaith visit to Stirling Islamic Centre, drawing praise for his… Continue Reading →

On Death, Heresy & Solitude

For Mateusz, RIP Writing has become, or maybe has always been, a venting mechanism for me. It often comes in bursts of emotions I channel through rhythm, verse and rhyme, as poetry hides feeling behind structure. But when the sorrow… Continue Reading →

Quadragesimo Anno

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XION RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL ORDERTO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN, THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES,ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER ORDINARIESIN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE,AND LIKEWISE TO ALL THE FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD. Venerable Brethren and Beloved… Continue Reading →

A civilization is not destroyed by Strong Evil men from the outsideit is destroyed by weak men on the inside who refuse to defendwhat is good.

Incorrectly attributed to GK Chesterton, this excellent quote sums up what men of the West face in this existential crisis.

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