Arts & Letters
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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,…
Queering a Tudor Warship
The anti-Western left has been exposed for its sexual imperialism over the last few months. Evidence is…
From Westerplatte to Lisbon . . . and Everywhere Else
Westerplatte, a narrow peninsula framing the Bay of Gdańsk, was the scene of one of the first…
Looking for the Lord Jesus in Lisbon
In mid-May, I spent two intense days in Lisbon, where a new Portuguese edition of my Letters…
Thinking Doesn’t Stop at the Church Door
This isn’t the time for an account of my higher education (a tale including a state college,…
