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“The Annunciation” (1485-1492), a 19.1 x 31.4 cm tempera and gold on wood painting by Botticelli (1444/45–1510), located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In traditional portrayals of the Annunciation, Mary is represented as meditating on Sacred Scripture, as she is here.

The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part III: The Mystical Life and Christian Meditation

Robert Lazu Kmita November 28, 2023

Christian meditation must be rehabilitated if the modern crisis of the Church is to be overcome.

"Mozes and Aaron Before Pharaoh" (ca. 1515-30), a 276.9 x 500.4 wool and silk tapestry of South Netherlandish origin, located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part II: Warning and Diagnosis

Robert Lazu Kmita November 27, 2023

The Church reacted against intellectual currents with a rationalistic Thomism in which the mystical dimension of reality was marginalized.

"Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection" (c. 1795), a 43.2 x 57.5 color print hand-colored with watercolor and tempera by William Blake (1757-1827), located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part I: The Mystic Principle

Robert Lazu Kmita November 26, 2023

Mystical union with God is the axis around which the Christian life turns.

Against Papolatry, Liberal and Illiberal

Alex Taylor November 22, 2023

Our duty as Catholics is to pray for the Pope; but, to do so truly, we must not blind ourselves to his faults.

UFOs and Aliens Are (Probably) Not What You Think: An Interview with Diana Walsh Pasulka

Rod Dreher November 7, 2023

“After this research I had a much more visceral, almost literal, sense of religion and religious practice.”

Spanish Conservatism: A Selection

Carlos Perona Calvete October 19, 2023

A look at three representatives of Spanish conservatism: Donoso Cortés, Ramiro de Maeztu, and Elias de Tejada.

An Antisemite? Pius XII was a Righteous Gentile

Mark Dooley October 15, 2023

It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the observable obsessive impulse to destroy Pius’ reputation is driven more by ideology than by any objective historical inquiry.

‘Freedom’ vs. God

Thaddeus Kozinski October 12, 2023

We have not been gradually losing our rights, freedoms, and political power. In truth, we never really had them to begin with, for they were never grounded in true political authority.

Catholic Movement Civitas Dissolved by French Government

Hélène de Lauzun October 6, 2023

The Ministry of the Interior accused the movement of spreading “clearly anti-Semitic and Islamophobic” ideas.

Ratzinger and Augustine

André P. DeBattista September 16, 2023

In Augustine, Ratzinger found a thinker who believed that the dimensions of faith and reason “should not be separated or placed in opposition; rather, they must always go hand in hand.”

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The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part III: The Mystical Life and Christian Meditation

The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part II: Warning and Diagnosis

The Crisis of the Church and the Mystagogical Option, Part I: The Mystic Principle

Against Papolatry, Liberal and Illiberal

UFOs and Aliens Are (Probably) Not What You Think: An Interview with Diana Walsh Pasulka

Spanish Conservatism: A Selection

An Antisemite? Pius XII was a Righteous Gentile

‘Freedom’ vs. God

Catholic Movement Civitas Dissolved by French Government

Ratzinger and Augustine

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