Luke Foster

In this morning’s column , R.R. Reno describes a former pastor who has now parted ways with orthodox Church teaching: Half-a-dozen years before he administered to me the grace of full communion he came to serve as the pastor of St. John’s, the church on the Creighton University campus, . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s column , Richard J. Mouw comments on recent remarks by prominent pastor Pat Robertson: Regarding the Snowden revelations about government surveillance, Robertson observed that these practices were setting the stage for the “End Times.” We seem to be approaching an epoch . . . . Continue Reading »

In this morning’s  On the Square , Wesley J. Smith testifies to his Orthodox Christianity: The Orthodox Catholic Church—as it is formally called—is the  second largest in the world  with about 300 million members. And while we remain almost microscopic in the United . . . . Continue Reading »

The team undertaking the restoration of the Fifth Avenue cathedral have released a new video on their project: St. Patrick’s Transformation from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Vimeo . Read Kate Monaghan’s  On the Square articulating the rationale for the restoration here . . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s column , Pete Spiliakos responds to R.R. Reno’s ” Our Challenges ” from the August/September issue with some practical suggestions: Aside from the policy problems, the over-identification of faith with one party damages the appeal of the faith itself. There are . . . . Continue Reading »

In his  On the Square   this morning, Edward Feser tackles the questions of nothingness as they emerge in contemporary philosophy and theoretical physics: John Leslie and Robert Lawrence Kuhn have published  The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything At All? , a very useful . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s column , George Weigel explains that religious freedom should be a primary concern of American foreign policy. Not only is this a question of the first human freedom, it makes pragmatic sense for Washington: “Religious freedom advances the cause of peace, for countries that . . . . Continue Reading »

In his column , Kevin M. Clarke explains why he believes wax-and-wick candles matter for worship. In the ecclesial space, the ersatz glow beneath a sacred image feels more like a nod to sentimentality than a creation of an authentic prayer space. It is a spiritual turn-off. I light a candle because . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s  On the Square , Nathaniel Peters examines the recent papal encyclical: ” Lumen Fidei  discusses faith as it relates to Scripture, salvation, reason, theology, the Sacraments, and society, all without much explicit mention of sin.” Yet Pope Francis does . . . . Continue Reading »

In his  On the Square this morning, William Doino Jr. debunks five falsehoods and/or partial truths about Pope Francis: “Since the opening days of his papacy, a flood of commentators have come forth to tell us what to expect of him, only to miss the mark.” Doino concludes by . . . . Continue Reading »