Freedom, Responsibility, Belonging, and Farewell

As this is my last time writing for The Torch, it seems most fitting to reflect…

The Conjuring Universe: Not for the Faint of Heart, Good for the Weak of Faith

NOTE: This story contains spoilers to a number of films from The Conjuring universe of extended…

Incipient Political Catholicism

The hegemony of the modern liberal state has produced many discontents. In response to a society…

Can a Christian Be “Trve Kvlt”?

Growing up, I listened to whatever my family listened to. I drew from my mom’s taste…

How Jordan Peterson Made Me a Better Christian

I recently went to see Jordan B. Peterson on his Beyond Order: Twelve More Rules for…

One Church, Many Rites: The Melkite Catholic Church

For this month’s edition of The Torch’s look into the many different Liturgical Rites in the…

U.S. Bishops Clarify Eucharistic Coherence

In their fall conference in Baltimore, held from November 15-18, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…

The Forever Purge and the Loss of Soul

The following article contains spoilers.  The latest installment of The Purge movie series, The Forever Purge,…

The Problem of the Anti-Creed Creed

“It doesn’t matter what you believe, only that you believe in something.” This is something that…

Fear Is a Gift

I lived in Washington, D.C. with my cousin this summer while interning for The James Wilson…