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The Myth of White Christian Nationalism
In his first speech as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson sounded like a preacher in a pulpit: “I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very...
Pat Robertson, Seer of Virginia Beach
When we think of the Religious Right, that phenomenon of the 1980s and ’90s, the person that comes first to mind is Jerry Falwell, the face and voice of...
The Sinner and the Saint
Transparency is not a virtue we associate with the Vatican. It is, after all, the last of the Renaissance courts. And like all court systems, it thrives on secrecy:...
A Joust with Mario Cuomo
The first time I met Mario Cuomo, the first words out of his mouth were “Teilhard de Chardin.” It was early September 1984 and Newsweek’s editors had invited the...
Reflections on the Revolution in Rome
As mediated by the journalists, the story of the Second Vatican Council was framed as a battle between traditionalists centered in the Roman Curia, the Vatican’s bureaucracy, and a...
Memories of a Catholic Boyhood
On the wall of my Newsweek office, I kept a large map, in a mosaic of colors, of the United States. When you are a writer working in New...
Imus and Me
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The Passion’s Passionate Despisers
What are we to make of l’affaire Gibson now that his film has turned out to be a huge box-office success? Those who, like me, were deeply moved by...
The Last Respectable Prejudice
Does anti-Catholicism exist? Yes it does. Can we define it? Yes we can. It’s repugnance for things Catholic, both real and imagined. It’s the sort of thing Catholics and...
