When C-Sections Were Performed to Save Dead Babies’ Souls
In 1804, Charles IV, King of Spain, issued a legal admonition telling officials not to bury any pregnant woman without giving her a C-section first.
Roswell, Sacred Shrine of UFO Enthusiasts
Seventy years ago, something happened in Roswell, New Mexico, that put the place on the map and embedded it into the culture. What was it?
The Mystical Side of Marshall McLuhan
Communication theorists don't usually merit international celebrity, with one giant exception: Canadian professor and author Marshall McLuhan.
Our Lady of Political Anxiety
From Our Lady of Fatima to the 1949 Virgin Mary sighting in Wisconsin, what do Marian sightings reveal about our political anxieties?
Flannery O’Connor’s Moments of Grace
Flannery O'Connor employed grotesqueness and violence in her stories to illustrate the workings of grace on her characters.
James Joyce, Catholic Writer?
James Joyce remains a novelist whose characters are imbued with a Catholic world view, despite declaring himself to be a freethinking heretic.
School Choice Since 1800
Donald Trump is putting forward a plan to massively increase the use of public money to pay students’ ...
Chick Tracts and the Culture Wars
Jack Chick has been called the “most widely read theologian in history.” His Chick tracts have circulated for years. He was also vehemently anti-Catholic.
Affirmative-Action for White Protestants
A different side to affirmative-action: How legacy admissions maintained white Protestant student enrollment at elite universities.
Dorothy Day and the Activism of the Catholic Church
We look back at the work of social activist Dorothy Day, who's staunch defense of labor unions fell in-line with the activism of the Catholic Church.