President Biden, Archbishop Paglia, and the Mortification of the Church
by George WeigelPresident Biden's claims to being fully Catholic are an embarrassment for the Church due to his vehement advocacy for abortion. Continue Reading »
President Biden's claims to being fully Catholic are an embarrassment for the Church due to his vehement advocacy for abortion. Continue Reading »
Both natural and artificial things bear a parabolic or symbolic quality to them. Autumn as a season, for example, is evocative of many things: the darkness of decay, to be sure, alongside bold beauty. Continue Reading »
Kindness is a grace that acts in and on nature and is a tool for the good. I read nothing of this in the kindness literature. Continue Reading »
Dan takes his friends for what they are: inhabitants of his world and part of his ordinary affairs; persons who become a little better, a little more fully human persons, because of Dan. Continue Reading »
Modern Halloween seems, however, to operate like anti-Catholicism of the British Victorian period, potentially leading to a backward proto-evangelization. Continue Reading »
Being a member of a religious minority forces one to both navigate the majority culture’s expectations and consider the boundaries of a unique identity. Continue Reading »
The shapers of Hawaii's Christian monarchy lie alongside conspirators who undid that same monarchy. Continue Reading »
The set-up of The Rings of Power might be good for Twitter engagement, but it makes the stakes of the story unclear, and the drama of the characters' individual choices uncompelling. Continue Reading »
The so-called “Cursing Psalms” are often difficult passages for modern readers. Continue Reading »
The winners and losers may change, but the game is always the same: to dethrone whatever today’s dominant categories might be, whether of heterosexuality, whiteness, or the gender binary. Continue Reading »