The Editors

William Doino Jr. on St. Kateri’s long journey home : Born in 1656 at the Mohawk fortress called Gandaouague, near present-day Auriesville, New York, Kateri Tekakwitha was thrust into a world of conflict and danger: Inter-tribal warfare raged, and was aggravated by Dutch, English, and French . . . . Continue Reading »

Wesley J. Smith on why nature should not have “rights” : Of greater philosophical concern, the nature rights ideology subverts what I call human exceptionalism by elevating the natural world to moral equality with human beings—effectively diminishing us to merely another animal in . . . . Continue Reading »

Leroy Huizenga on coming to grips with Vatican II : “What about Vatican II?” I asked my Catholic friend, in response to his assertion that Catholic doctrine is stable while the Church’s understanding thereof develops. We were in college together, young bucks full of vim and vigor, . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on economy and empowerment : A robust economy is not only an economic imperative; it is a moral and cultural imperative. A robust economy makes honorable work possible for all who wish to be responsible for their own lives and the lives of their loved ones. And work, according to . . . . Continue Reading »

Elizabeth Scalia on the conceit of primacy : Just as coastal conceit can devalue what comes out of “flyover country,” our First-world conceit can blind us to what is happening in the church “out there” among the “thems.” Upon learning that in 2004 Hungarian Archbishop . . . . Continue Reading »

R.R. Reno on the embarrassment of the Catholic Left : There they go again. The usual gang of Catholic theology professors has signed a manifesto, “On all of our shoulders: A Catholic Call to Protect the Endangered Common Good.” It claims to warn us of the grave danger posed by Congressman . . . . Continue Reading »

Peter J. Leithart on the Evangelical case for a Catholic sensibility : Few Evangelicals, though, would make sense of his further claim that “The working of God’s power among us is through the sacraments .” Jesus’ baptism—now, that was a mighty act, as the Father unzipped . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell E. Saltzman on senseless sermons : The Peter Rahme Ministries in South Africa, 1985, managed a record of one hundred forty-four hours, but that was a kind of tag-team thing that involved twelve ministers, each preaching two-hour stints over six days and nights. It is said the preaching . . . . Continue Reading »

George Weigel on  Vatican II’s golden anniversary : The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, the most important Catholic event since the 16th-century Council of Trent, was solemnly opened by Pope John XXIII 50 years ago, on October 11, 1962. Commentators ever since have taken that . . . . Continue Reading »

James R. Rogers on Yoram Hazony and the Jeffersonians : The stories from the Bible so often come to us as isolated examples of pious or ethical behavior, that it’s frankly a relief to read Yoram Hazony’s book,  The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture . Hazony reads these stories . . . . Continue Reading »