Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Prodigal
. . . If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. —Psalm 139: 8…
Catholics Against Anti-Semitism
On October 7, the terrorist organization Hamas decided to follow the Nazi playbook once more. As one…
The Songbook of the New Christian Right
From the beginning, the biblical Psalter has been the church’s main hymnal. Christians in the Book of…
I Bought A Haunted Bookshop
If you are ever in Steubenville, Ohio, that plucky burg of seedy steel mills and fresh-faced Catholic…
The Synod on Synodality at the Halfway Point
The Synod on Synodality meeting this month is the first of a two-part synodal assembly; the second…
Letters From the Synod 2023: #11
INSIDE THE SYNOD: AN IMBALANCED ECCLESIAL ECOSYSTEM There are some 1,378,000,000 Catholics on Planet Earth today. They…
When Newman Left Oxford
The ancient city of Oxford is a picturesque but cluttered little town of narrow cobblestoned streets lined…
Solidarity With a Martyr-Church
Ever since the 1596 Union of Brest re-established full communion between the Bishop of Rome and several…
The Cost of Defeating Identity Politics
Last month, while on a highway in Wisconsin, I flipped on the radio and heard a voice…
Living Communio in Cracow
Iwish all those who find themselves concerned, depressed, befuddled, or angry at the present state of the…
Why Humanities PhDs Should Teach at Classical Schools
Earlier this year, Mark Bauerlein invited humanities PhDs to join the ranks of classical school teachers across…
The Future of the Catholic Church
In a radio address back in 1969, a young German theologian named Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope…
Critics, Enemies, and the Difference
Why is he shouting at us?” It was an innocent question, whispered at Mass in the middle…
The Vatican’s China Deal Unravels Further
The latest self-inflicted blow to the Vatican’s China policy came in mid-July, when the Holy See announced…
Cultural Gatekeepers and Books
As I’ve reported now and then, the magazine Publishers Weekly has been indispensable to me for decades,…
