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Easter and the State of Christendom – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (426+ words) Something spiritual is happening this Easter. Christ is risen, indeed. But so is Christianity around the world, despite the best efforts of the secular Left and pagan fanatics to undermine it. In Europe, Africa, and the Americas, faith demonstrations are…...
Carrying the Cross This Holy Week – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (417+ words) Welcome to the holiest week of the year. The pivotal moment of Judas's betrayal is dramatic and dark, literally. Judas takes the morsel from Jesus at the Last Supper and " as John's Gospel puts it " "Satan entered him " and he…...
Why Modern Man Can’t Resist Tenebrae – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (377+ words) To the uninitiated, Tenebrae looks like some ancient cultish ritual. The liturgy is the sum total of the two morning offices of the Church, Matins and Lauds, and is only sung during Holy Week. In recent years, it's been possible…...
The Mysterious Solitude of Christ in His Passion and Death on the Cross – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (308+ words) It is as if, at that crucial moment in the history of salvation, what truly mattered was now only between the Son and the Father. Even so, Jesus has not forgotten humanity; for each and every one of them, he…...
Jews and Christians: United We Stand, Divided We Fall – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ week, 1+ day ago (298+ words) In this fraught moment, this calendar convergence feels like quite a bit more than mere serendipity. It is a visceral reminder of the shared moral and theological inheritance that undergirds Judaism and Christianity " the common foundation that has molded and…...
Faith in the Dock – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ week, 6+ day ago (250+ words) A Catholic priest in Iceland is facing a potential prison sentence for upholding the Catholic Church's moral teaching on homosexuality. According to EWTN News, the French-born Fr. Jakob Rolland caused a bit of an uproar when he was interviewed for…...
Sacred Limits and Free Institutions – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ week, 6+ day ago (701+ words) Last week's article dealt mostly with Chabad's history and involvement in fierce resistance to the great Western tyrannies in Russia and Germany. This resistance was not shallow, and while it was certainly political in that it addressed fundamental political issues,…...
What Really Matters – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
1+ week, 6+ day ago (206+ words) What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family By Craig Osten, Timothy S. Goeglein Fidelis Publishing, 2026, 264 pages, $9 (Kindle) Tim Goeglein, vice president of Focus on the Family's Washington, D.C., office and a longtime public servant " including senior roles in…...
Pope Leo on Peace, War, and Conscience – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
2+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) Pope Leo XIV has been issuing frequent prayers for peace in the Middle East. That shouldn't be a surprise. Popes pray for peace. If the presiding pope isn't pleading for peace, then he's failing in a basic papal duty. The…...
The Weekend Spectator Ep. 57: Paul Kengor’s New Book: American Pontiff! – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
2+ week, 4+ day ago (141+ words) Editor at The American Spectator, Dr. Paul Kengor, is proud to announce the release of his latest book, American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church. In this definitive biography, Kengor dives into Prevost's background and…...