Matthew Cantirino

Leaving Wall Street Alexis Goldstein,  n+1 Liturgical Diversity in the Third Millennium Charles G. Mills,  Homiletic & Pastoral Review A Pair of Holy Land Discoveries Thomas L. McDonald,  God and the Machine HHS Doesn’t Speak for Me, or Other Women Helen Alvare,   . . . . Continue Reading »

Nicholas Eberstadt has an article in the latest edition of the Wilson Quarterly in which he examines what happens when a society stops sanctioning and practicing marriage as a norm and abandons childbearing. Looking at Japan’s past two and next few decades, he underlines some rather stunning . . . . Continue Reading »

The uproar over Georgetown’s commencement ceremony has brought to the surface one especially noisome argument which those who want to engage seriously with the Church’s internal debates would do well to retire. It goes something like this: “oh, religious order x isn’t really . . . . Continue Reading »

John Adams, Religious Liberty, and Constitutional Compromise Richard Samuelson,  Liberty Law Site Colorado “Day of Prayer” Ruled Unconstitutional Morgan Feddes,  Christianity Today Reclaiming Citizenship & The Language of Obligation Editors,  Democracy Journal The . . . . Continue Reading »

Writing in Anamnesis , Lee Trepanier explores the divide between Kant and Derrida on the issue of cosmopolitanism: The idea of the open city had been marginalized by the rise of the nation-state and Derrida wanted to recover it as a potential solution to the problem of European immigration. This . . . . Continue Reading »

America magazine, not generally known for its traditionalist sympathies, has an interesting feature on the resurgence of traditional church architecture . Michael E. Desanctis opens his piece, appearing in the May 28 issue, by asking: “are new church designs taking us backward?” His . . . . Continue Reading »

‘Exorcist’ Author Prepares Canon Lawsuit Against Georgetown Michelle Bauman, Catholic News Service On Christianity & Social Darwinism Roger E. Olson, Patheos The Riddle of Gay Marriage Polling Ross Douthat, Evaluations A Catholic Looks at a Calvinist Looking at a Mormon Stephen H. . . . . Continue Reading »

News broke two weeks ago that Georgetown University, my alma mater, had invited Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as a guest of honor for the Public Policy Institute’s commencement weekend festivities. It’s a headline that could have appeared in The Onion, were it not in the Washington Post. A firestorm of course ensued, and to little avail. The ceremony took place on Friday and Sebelius’ presence became reality… . Continue Reading »

Parsing the Latest Marriage Statistics Mark Regnerus, Patheos “Most of the Time I Am Alone with My Ritual . . . ” Peter Berger, The American Interest Is Romney’s “Mormon Problem” Exaggerated? David Leonhardt, The Caucus Desire and Capitalism—and Sexual Ethics . . . . Continue Reading »

Sandro Magister recounts the fascinating story of Jean Daniélou, a French Jesuit cardinal whom he calls one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. Daniélou, who managed to succeed at both popular and scholarly commentary, died under questionable circumstances in a bordello . . . . Continue Reading »