The Church of 2050
The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently announced a new initiative designed to “reimagine Catholic life in Baltimore City and some nearby…
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by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | 2022, Archbishop William Lori, Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Church contraction in Baltimore, Columns, decline of Catholicism in America, Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, Francis X. Maier, future of the Catholic Church in America, George Weigel, Joseph Ratzinger, News, Stephen P. White, Stephen P. White's "The Church of 2050", The Catholic Thing | 0 |
The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently announced a new initiative designed to “reimagine Catholic life in Baltimore City and some nearby…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | 2022, banning independent thought, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christopher Lasch's "The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy", Columns, Farcical elections, Francis X. Maier, Francis X. Maier'a "The Power of the Powerless"", News, The Catholic Thing, Václav Havel’s great 1978 essay | 0 |
I started this column hoping to focus on Václav Havel’s great 1978 essay, “The Power of the Powerless,” collected here. …
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 17, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christendom and abnormal state of grace, Columns, David Warren, David Warren's "What Is Normal?", decline of Christianity in modernity, Ellen Wilson Fielding, failure of progressive, Francis X. Maier, News, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
There is a poorly organized force, that opposes the latest “woke” ideology in America and the West. I use the term…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | May 28, 2022 | 2022, 2022 Commencement Address at Thomas More College, appetites and anesthetics, Catholic Church, Catholic leadership in American life, Catholicism, Columns, compatibility of Catholic teaching and American culture, Francis X. Maier, Georges Bernanos, Jesus Christ, News, People Are Decisive, Robert Royal, St. Thomas More, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
For most of my adult life I’ve carried around a quotation from Mao Zedong. It sounds weird, doesn’t it. Mao…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 28, 2022 | 2022, Catholic brothers Des and Tom Spellacy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Francis X. Maier, Jesus Christ, John Gregory Dunne, News, St. Augustine on confession, The Catholic Thing, True Confessions movie | 0 |
“I hated that movie.” So said a priest friend some years ago when I mentioned the film True Confessions. Looking…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2022 | 2022, 70 Bishops Warn of Germany’s “Synodal Path”, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Der Synodale Weg, Francis X. Maier, Germany’s “Synodal Way”, Homosexuality, Munich’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx, News, Robert Royal, Same-sex "Marriage", synodal path, The Catholic Thing, What happens in Germany will not stay in Germany | 0 |
In a time of unrest and confusion, well-intended efforts at decentralizing any community or organization can have unwelcome consequences. The…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 17, 2022 | 2022, Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas, Columns, fighting in Lviv, Francis X. Maier, Holodomor, Maier’s Our “Land of the Free” Today, Natasha Dow Schüll, News, Papal Posse, Robert Royal, Russian invasion, selfishness v. selflessness, Stalin’s genocidal famine, The Catholic Thing, Ukraine | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: To risk your life for something other than yourself is authentic freedom. It comes from self-denial, not self-indulgence.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | 2022, Afghanistan fiasco, Columns, Elbridge Colby, Francis X. Maier, globalist economic elites, Holodomor, James Kurth's The American Way of Empire, News, Ross Douthat, Russian incursion into Ukraine, The Catholic Thing, Tucker Carlson, U.S. Ukrainian Catholic bishops, Ukraine and the Western Conscience, Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: As Russia moves closer to invading Ukraine, we should understand the history of Ukrainian resistance to Russian oppression.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 1, 2022 | 2022, 2022: There’s Good News and Bad News, advice to young Catholic writers, Benedict XVI, C. S. Lewis, Carlos Eire's Reformations, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christopher Lasch, Columns, Francis X. Maier, George Orwell, George Parkin Grant, God, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jesus Christ, Joseph Ratzinger, Leszek Kolakowski, News, Peter Drucker, Pierre Manent, Roger Scruton, stay off Twitter, The Catholic Thing, Where evil abounds grace and goodness abound more | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: Assume the best in others. Critique issues and behaviors, not persons. Spoken words can be forgotten; not so written words.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2021 | 2021, 7 Habits, Archbishop Charles Chaput, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Francis X. Maier, News, Petrine ministry, Pope Francis, St. Ignatius Loyola, Steven Covey, Synod on Synodality, Synod on Synods, The Catholic Thing, The Promise and Peril of Synods, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: Pope Francis surely intends to foster unity and clarity of belief. Whether the 2023 synod will do so is still to be seen.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2021 | 2021, A Candle for Roger, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Francis X. Maier, News, Sir Roger Scruton, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: Philosopher Roger Scruton believed we make a difference through the only things we really control: our choices and actions.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 26, 2021 | 2021, Augusto Del Noce’s “On Catholic Progressivism”, Columns, Francis X. Maier, Karol Wojtyla, Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith), News, Pius XII, Pope Francis, Praying for the Pope, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Francis X. Maier: Pope Francis and his promoters have, to put it kindly, lacked charity in dealing with anyone seen as “conservative.”
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