Francis X. Maier

Our problem as a country boils down to the fact that we hate each other. Continue Reading »

Andrée Emery, Hungarian by birth, rates barely a footnote in Church history: Check Google. She’s Andrée the Obscure; Andrée the Forgotten. But she mattered. Continue Reading »

What the past teaches us most forcefully is that reform of the institution depends on reform of the individual. Continue Reading »

First Things brings articulate, committed believers together across confessional divides.  Continue Reading »

Confusion within the German Church never stays within the German Church.  Continue Reading »

Switchblade Sisters is one of the most idiotic and embarrassing movies ever made. I should know. I wrote it. Continue Reading »

The extraordinary fact of Catholic life in the United States is not the few bishops who humiliate us so bitterly, but the many who do the job so well. Continue Reading »

The virtue of hope has two beautiful daughters, anger and courage: anger with the way things are, and courage to change them for the better. These powerful words (you can find them all over the internet) are attributed to St. Augustine. Unfortunately, they may not be his. A friend of mine who is an . . . . Continue Reading »

Hostility toward the Electoral College hints at a deeper impatience with our political process.  Continue Reading »

In talks with city staff about the decision, said CSS sources, the hostility of senior city leadership to Catholic beliefs about marriage, family, and sexual morality was palpable. Continue Reading »