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The Rainbow Catholics are failing

Gay Catholic activists are celebrating the recent Synod on Synodality session on homosexuality, and many orthodox Catholics see it as a loss.

May 5 • Patrick Neve

April 2026

Parishes are closing, but the revival is happening

Last week, the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, announced it is combining its 80 parishes into 24 parish groupings. These widespread parish consolidations…

Apr 21 • Patrick Neve

The two swords: when temporal and spiritual power clash

In AD 494, Pope Gelasius I wrote a letter to the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I that would shape Christian political thought for over a millennium.

Apr 14 • Patrick Neve

Your wife is not responsible for your porn addiction

Why "more sex" won't fix you

Apr 9 • Patrick Neve

Death to Beige Catholicism

There is a certain type of Catholicism that has existed for the last 75 years or so.

Apr 7 • Patrick Neve

March 2026

Of course the Catholic Church is winning. Stop acting surprised.

Every month or so, a new secular journalist asks me why so many young people are coming back to the Catholic Church.

Mar 26 • Patrick Neve

‘Anti-Purity Culture’ is also an error

Why Christians need to rediscover atonement

Mar 24 • Patrick Neve

Influencers are not 'missionaries' (but they could be)

“Digital Missionary” is a trendy term in the Church right now.

Mar 23 • Patrick Neve

Love your enemies (you might be wrong)

Many Christians think a “community” is “a group of people I agree with.”

Mar 11 • Patrick Neve

A poem for the woman at the well

Mar 8 • Patrick Neve

I wouldn’t say sh*t: Shia LaBeouf and Jesus

An interviewer asked Shia LaBeouf, “What would you say if you met Jesus?”

Mar 6 • Patrick Neve

How Catholics should talk about Iran

A 5-minute Guide to Just War and the Iran Strikes

Mar 3 • Patrick Neve

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