Brad Miner


The True Meaning of Christmas

This is not a sermon such as Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) gives at the end of the film The…

By Their Fruits

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued the Declaration Fiducia supplicans (FS), which says it’s possible to give…

‘The World’s Desire’

There are two, and only two, rational attitudes towards the Christmas season. One is P.G. Wodehouse’s: “It was December, and…

Are Catholic Colleges Catholic

Where has the time gone? In 1990, when I was Literary Editor of National Review, I suggested that we do…

‘The Only Truth on Earth’

Since Last Friday, we’ve had a remarkable string of feasts: the Immaculate Conception, St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Pope St. Damasus…

Of Pilgrimages and Synodality

It could almost be a riddle: What’s the difference between a pilgrimage and synodality? Almost. There’s a long, legitimate place…

Most Unkindest Cuts: a review of ‘Journey to Bethlehem’

Director Adam Anders has made Journey to Bethlehem, a singing-and-dancing version of the Infancy Narrative in Luke’s Gospel, that seems…

Holiness Rather Than Peace

The Devil likes to make us stupid, particularly those of us who think we’re smart. He’s had a  very good…

Caravaggio in Rome

Mostly unrelated to the Synod on Synodality, my wife Sydny and I went to Rome in the last week of…

The Remedy for Our Confusions

Catholicism is a religion of Faith and Reason – and has a rich, centuries-long tradition of deep thought about God…