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Five for the Fourth

By Robert Royal, Brad Miner, Francis X. Maier, Michael Pakaluk and Joseph R. Wood In Magnifica humanitas, Pope Leo invokes the Biblical story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem as a poignant alternative to the Tower of Babel's effort to reach Heaven without God. It's a good reminder – bu…

‘I Am Arthur, [Catholic] King of the Britons’

By Brad Miner In our current mood of skepticism and sense of superiority about our own ancestors, it's easy, almost obligatory, to mock their beliefs and foibles. The title of this column comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy group's 1975 send-up of all things medieval. (Ad…

'Joan of Arc': My Favorite Painting

By Brad Miner Many readers know of my passion for art, especially painting. I'm particularly fond of the work of the great Catholic artists Caravaggio, Rubens, and Vermeer, and some examples of their work are in the collection of my favorite museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. …

Episode 1467: LA Catholic Morning August 5, 2026 with Tom Riello, John Cuddeback, and Brad Miner

7:00 - Tom Riello on the Declaration of Independence7:20 - John Cuddeback on his article "Leave the shallows behind, read together"7:40 - Brad Miner covers "Mozart, freemasonry, and the synodal way"

What Is Beautiful? What Is Ugly?

By Brad Miner In the Mile End Road, opposite to the London Hospital, there was . . . a vacant greengrocer's which was to let. The whole of the front of the shop, with the exception of the door, was hidden by a hanging sheet of canvas on which was the announcement that the Elephant Man was to be see…

Synodality Will Kill Catholicism

By Brad Miner The Catholic Church has always distinguished itself from other Christian bodies by its claim to possess, and be bound by, a deposit of faith handed down from the Apostles. The Church comes from Christ, and the Church doesn't invent, revise, or vote on its Magisterium, its authoritativ…

Caravaggio's 'The Incredulity of St. Thomas'

By Brad Miner There was once a monument in Rome called Milliarium Aureum: the Golden Milestone. The Emperor Augustus erected it in the Forum in about 20 B.C. All distances in Ancient Rome were said to be marked from (or to) that spot. There's still a round remnant of it in the Roman Forum. It gave …

The Pope, Hemingway, and 'Moi' in Paris

By Brad Miner Late last year, my wife began carefully, meticulously planning a week-long trip to Paris for the whole family. She did so, as she noted to the other eight of us, because she meant to celebrate in style her upcoming "significant" birthday. She wisely decided on late September: the weat…

How to Kill the Terrorist

By Brad Miner On December 3rd, Nidal Mailk Hasan will be executed by a firing squad. This will take place at the site of his crimes, the Ft. Hood U.S. Army base near Killeen, Texas, where, on November 5, 2009, Hasan, an Army doctor, fatally murdered 13 people and injured more than 30 others. There …