Daniel P. Moloney

While the theology of the Immaculate Conception wasn't formulated until the Middle Ages, it was widely believed from the earliest days of the Church. Continue Reading »

I push back whenever a young woman tells me her vocation is to get married and have kids. Her vocation is not so limited. She may be called to marriage, but she’s also called to prepare for the life to come by prayer and sacrifice, by renouncing the things of this world, by thinking of what is above. Continue Reading »

Cardinal Kasper’s response to “What Mercy Is,” and Fr. Moloney’s reply. Continue Reading »

Recently, there’s been an odd conversation in Catholic circles about the nature of mercy. . . . . Continue Reading »

Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits.by Jeffrie G. Murphy.Oxford University Press. 152 pp. $21. In 1995, at ceremonies marking the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel made the following prayer: “God of forgiveness, do not forgive . . . . Continue Reading »

It is surprising, given the events of the last year, to imagine that some members of the Roman Catholic clergy actively seek to be ordained a bishop, and even regard their path towards this office as an ecclesiastical “career.” St. Augustine regarded his ordination as a grave danger to . . . . Continue Reading »

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Knopf, 326 pages, $26 The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Knopf, 326 pages, $26 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Knopf, 518 pages, $19.95 The bestselling novels of J. K. Rowling have tempted many reviewers to divide publishing history in two”The Potter Era . . . . Continue Reading »

“The Protestants were out at the pro“life ball,” my Catholic friend told me, with some agitation. “They gave us all evangelical tracts.” He was talking about a fundraising ball in Manhattan for a variety of pro“life groups. Although of the two young professional women who cochaired the . . . . Continue Reading »

At Minot Air Force base in Minot, North Dakota, a wife kisses her husband goodbye, knowing that he will be spending the night alone in close quarters with a fit, talented, professional woman officer. He will dress next to her, sleep where she slept, smell how she smells. Although their job can . . . . Continue Reading »

The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity.By Leon J. Podles.Spence. 350 pp. $27.95Leon Podles has his finger on something very important. A symptom of the problem Podles has discovered is this: men don’t like church. To be more precise, masculine men have a problem with Christianity, . . . . Continue Reading »