Matthew Cantirino

Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., widely known as a Catholic political theorist, philosopher, and author, and more locally known as teacher, guide, and genius of the shores of the Potomac, is set to retire at the end of this semester. If you’ll be in or around Washington, D.C. on December 7, make . . . . Continue Reading »

Several friends have been posting and sending me excerpts from Fr. Neuhaus’ final book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile, mostly as reminders that every human regime is bound to disappoint, or to alienate, us if we are searching for a different kind of Zion. Amen, I say; indeed, if . . . . Continue Reading »

The Martyrs of Modern Times Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion What Happens to Social Conservatives Now? Rod Dreher, The American Conservative Saving Natural Law from Itself R. J. Snell, Public Discourse A Brief History of the Teleprompter Joseph Stromberg, Smithsonian The Right Wolfe Andrew . . . . Continue Reading »

The Social History of the Fairy Tale Max Ross, Open Letters Monthly Brothers, We Should Stink Thabiti Anyabwile, Desiring God Chekhov’s Enlightenment Gary Saul Morson, The New Criterion We Need More Death Edmund Mitchell, Ignitum Today The Lonely Legacy of My Single Lifestyle Claudia Connell, . . . . Continue Reading »

Cardinal Burke’s Synodal Intervention on Antinomianism Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law Belief in Miracles Growing Fastest Among Unchurched Melissa Stefan, Christianity Today A Jewish Appreciation of Reinhold Niebuhr David Novak, Religion & Ethics How Food Replaced Art as High Culture . . . . Continue Reading »

Evangelicals, Elections, and What Not to Do Thomas Kidd, The Anxious Bench Smash It: Architectural Conservation and Creativity Martin Filler, New York Review of Books What Would Women Saints Say? Colleen Campbell, RealClearReligion Cardinal Bernardin Corrects Doug Kmiec Carl E. Olson, Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

Colm Toibin: You Have to Be Terrible to Write . . . Nigel Farndale, Telegraph Communing with Saints Molly T. Marshall, Associated Baptist Press Archdiocese of Boston: Resurrection Patrick Doyle, Boston Magazine How Europe Was Crushed John Connelly, Washington Post When Smart Theologians Endorse . . . . Continue Reading »

Men Don’t Mother Jenet Erickson, Public Discourse Bernard Lonergan’s Contemporary Relevance R. J. Snell, Crisis Jacques Barzun and Civilization’s Decline: A Debate Tom Ashbrook, On Point Hurricane Sandy Made Us Happy Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic Does Jacob Hate Esau? Jerome A. . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times , in a web-only column, features a deconstruction of arguments for doctor-assisted suicide (“myths,” the author calls them), the legality of which is on the ballot in Massachusetts next week. Of particular interest is this statistic, which ought to tamp down the . . . . Continue Reading »

The Weightier Provisions of the Law Rob Schwarzwalder, The Gospel Coalition Africans and Anglicans: A Catholic Anthropology for the Priesthood David Pence, Virtue Online The European Left’s Growing Trouble with Jews Colin Schindler, New York Times Thomas Friedman’s Ignorance About . . . . Continue Reading »