Sara Perla

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The Soloists

Last month, a Dominican priest (Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP) and I were invited to record a podcast episode hosted by two women (Diana Brown and Mallory Everton) who are… Read More

What is the Good News?

Stephen White of Catholic University writes in response to the 2024 Synod on Synodality in Rome. “When Catholics go fuzzy about sin, when we obfuscate about what leads us away… Read More

How to be a Missionary Church

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the oddities of patronage among the saints. “One of the delightful consolations of the Catholic faith is that we seem to have a… Read More

Wonder of Wonders

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the experience and practice of wonder. “Such wonder, the unaffected wonder of a child who marvels at the world and the one who… Read More

Imagining the Future

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on Yuval Levin’s essay, “Imagining the Future,” and applies its insights to the Church. “The point is not that innovation – or development of… Read More

The Tapestry

One of the analogies that I find helpful in looking at the world and trying to believe in God’s providence is that of a tapestry, in which one side is… Read More

No Politics is Local Now

Stephen White of Catholic University writes about Neil Postman’s classic Amusing Ourselves to Death in view of social media and smartphones. “It is not hard to find all this same… Read More

Catholic women discuss the challenges of modern dating culture

Sara Perla appeared on EWTN News In-Depth last week to speak about the challenges of dating as a Catholic today.   Here is the full clip, and there is an… Read More

Someone to Dance with

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the conversation surrounding birth rates and the effects of a poor dating scene for Catholics: “Today’s breakdown in Catholic dating and marriage among… Read More

A Eucharistic Triumph in Indianapolis

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on his experience at the National Eucharistic Congress in July 2024: “That was the triumph of Indianapolis. The People of God gathered to meet… Read More

Changing the Narrative

Stephen P. White of Catholic University reflects on the response of Paolo Riffini to journalists at the Catholic Media Association Conference 2024 who asked why the Vatican Dicastery on Communications… Read More

Tales from a Long Commute

Stephen White of Catholic University shares lessons from Shelby Foote’s The Civil War: A Narrative as he listens to it on his commute: “And that only accounts for Northern opinion.… Read More