American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Crisis at CUA
It’s a shocking and ultimately sad story: The Catholic University of America has summarily suspended William Rainford,…
Anti-Semitism and the Rise of Rage
News of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh hit me like a punch…
Kanye Goes Back to the Old Landmark
Kanye West’s October 11 visit to the White House displayed unforced conviviality mixed with mutual sincerity—a welcome…
The Kavanaugh Embarrassment
A Canadian commenting upon the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process seems like bad manners. Good neighbors are not…
A House Built on Sand
To visit the tomb of Servant of God József Cardinal Mindszenty, in Esztergom, Hungary, is, in a…
A Public Church, not a Partisan Church
WARSAW. The temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party and its program is a…
The Theology of Hope
Austrian Catholic philosopher Josef Seifert is former Dietrich von Hildebrand Chair of Realist Phenomenology at the International Academy…
John Paul II, Youth Minister
Pole that he was, Karol Wojtyła had a well developed sense of historical irony. So from his…
Cold Vulgarity
The promise of critical thinking often fails to deliver, as many commentators have shown. But as world…
In Persona Christi Capitis
In the wake of the McCarrick revelations and the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, I…
Paul VI and the Canonization of Vatican II
On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI as the 82nd saint among the…
Defining the Thing
This column is an appeal to poets—and to aphorists, headline-writers, comedians, songwriters, meme-makers, philosophers and anyone with…
Steve Bannon’s European Movement
Is Europe’s new populist movement exclusively a rightwing phenomenon, or does it seek to unite anti-establishment forces…
Reproductive Injustice
Trust Women:A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justiceby rebecca todd petersbeacon, 248 pages, $27.95 In Trust Women, Rebecca…
A Loving Ambivalence
The Controversy of Valladolid of 1550 was one of the great dramatic set pieces of the Spanish…
