American Politics
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The Monster’s Servant
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Lifeby diarmaid maccullochviking, 752 pages, $40 They said it could not be done. At…
Muslims in American Politics
In the summer of 2017, something unusual happened at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual…
Every Square Inch
Pro Rege: Living Under Christ’s KingshipVol. 1: The Exalted Nature of Christ’s KingshipVol. 2: The Kingship of…
In Rare Form
Devotions by timothy murphy north dakota state, 192 pages, $24.95 Not a knee is padded in Timothy Murphy’s…
A False Paradigm
So much for the “new paradigm.” With the Church now mired in its most severe crisis since…
Peter Damian’s Counsel
Sometime during the second half of the year 1049, Peter Damian, prior of the hermitage of Fonte…
Shifting Tectonic Plates in Eastern Christianity
ROME. While Synod-2018 was trying to grasp the polyhedron-like character of “synodality” and wrestling with the differences…
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…