Love Among the Ashes

by Brian A. Graebe

This year brings the rare convergence of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, and they have a surprising complementarity. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2024 0

When Feast and Fast Collide

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day offer the pattern for our marriage in miniature—love expressed through mutual dependence. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2024 0

Lenten Literary Companions

by George Weigel

Having literary companions along the Lenten journey can help us live the traditional practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2024 0

Despair as Sustenance

by Nathan M. Antiel

Those familiar with Christian Wiman’s career will know he has explored various forms: poetry, anthology, criticism, and memoir. Zero at the Bone combines each of his talents to produce something familiar and yet strangely new. Continue Reading »

13 Feb 2024 0

The Fall of the Irish Mammy

by John Duggan

The proposed changes to the Irish constitution seem to be inviting Ireland to advance further into an era of cognitive dissonance about motherhood. Continue Reading »

13 Feb 2024 0

Fiducia Supplicans and Doctrinal Clarity

by Hans Feichtinger

Unless the Holy See takes concrete measures now against those who go beyond the limits established by Fiducia Supplicans, it will lose credibility and authority. Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2024 0

The Devil’s Face in Gaza

by Gerald McDermott

The face of Satan was on display during the October 7 attacks, and the war in Israel has brought vast change to Israeli society.  Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2024 0

The Age of the Listicle

by John Wilson

From a book on missionaries in the U.S. to espionage fiction, these are novels that should be on your list. Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2024 0

STDs in the USA

by Carl R. Trueman

The rise in cases of syphilis is another example of the consequences of the fantasy world of the sexual ideologues who have already destroyed so many lives. Continue Reading »

8 Feb 2024 0

Tohu wa-bohu on the Tiber

by George Weigel

The Church needs to work on eliminating chaos and confusion within its ranks.  Continue Reading »

7 Feb 2024 0