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A long century separates us from the Great War and the “lost generation” that suffered through it—lost, but not forgotten, for it produced a series of talented literary figures,...

Br. Thomas More Garrett, writing at Dominicana , points out an irony in the new California statute proscribing the use of “reparative therapy” by anyone under the age of eighteen:...

Has Ted Kennedy been canonized? “I knew that when he left us he would go to heaven and help pass the bill,” Nancy Pelosi proclaimed recently, going on to...

As we near the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, George Weigel considers the legacy of Fr. Francis Murphy (alias Xavier Rynne), who covered the...

Many are understandably disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. But while the overall merits of the act and its implementation continue to be discussed and...

Ramesh Ponnuru believes that Justice Roberts has ignored the normative dimension of law: The difference between a mandate and a tax is precisely the difference between, on one hand,...

Many people wonder what will happen with the Society of Saint Pius X. With the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite more available (and enjoying Papal support) will the...

The USCCB has issued a very clear and reasonable response to yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act as a tax. The Bishops reminded...

George Weigel, commenting on Theodore Maynard’s The Story of American Catholicism , highlights the commitment that early American Catholics had to religious freedom: Because of their own theological tradition,...

The United States isn’t the only country seeking to restrict religious liberty. A German court has ruled that circumcision is illegal unless done out of medical necessity, calling it...

The Vatican has released a document providing guidelines and criteria for promoting and considering vocations to the priesthood. Carol Glatz , writing for CNS, says: the Congregation for Catholic...

People often talk about Catholic guilt, but I’d say gym guilt is at least as prevalent. I meet people all the time who feel like a moral failure if...

What is the best way to communicate the truth about human dignity in the public square? Are secular terms to be preferred, since they are not easily and quickly...

Many people have been upset by the Vatican’s doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). Understandably enough, most people haven’t actually read the assessment (after all,...

Trolling through the news, an article caught my attention. It stated, “When your best intentions go south, new research suggests that it wasn’t the devil that made you do it....