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The Adventure of Living in Christ

Michael Heintz

Jesus is Lord” is the earliest and simplest Christian confession of faith recorded in the Scriptures. St.…

The Heyday of the Columnist

John Wilson

I am and always have been a creature of routine. This goes all the way back to…

Pope Benedict’s Last Testament

Dan Kuebler

Shortly after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed from this world to his heavenly reward, the Vatican issued…

Haiti’s Catholic Hero

M. D. Aeschliman

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolutionby c. l. r. jamesrnrnwith an introduction by…

Paul Mankowski’s Outbursts of Sanity

Jerry J. Pokorsky

Diogenes Unveiled: A Paul Mankowski Collection edited by philip f. lawler ignatius press, 294 pages, $19.95 Paul…

Becoming a Wonderless Robot

Rich Eva

Good morning, Apple. I squint into the magic rectangle for my sunrise elixir: news, email, and social…

What Is the Longhouse?

L0m3z

Something has gone wrong in modern cultural and political life. Only those hopelessly numb, or deceived by…

Mere Christianity on Campus

Carl R. Trueman

Are merely Christian colleges enough? That was the question—the good question—that Clifford Humphrey asked at First Things…

Existential Slapstick in The Banshees of Inisherin

John Waters

In his films, director Martin McDonagh takes the kitschified, cliched landscape of Ireland and hands it back…

Homosexuality and Hatred

Raymond J. de Souza

Two prominent American priests recently made important statements that indicate an attempt to shift the Catholic discussion…

Adventures in Reading

Elizabeth Corey

Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them by cheri blomquist ignatius,…

A Divine Comedy We Can Feel in the Pulse

Jason M. Baxter

English is a wonderfully weird language with a huge vocabulary, but one with distinct “registers.” I am…

Benedict and Pell

Dan Hitchens

One was a small, shy, introverted figure, who in old age looked as though a strong breeze…

Letters from Rome: #3

George Weigel

The End of an Era, the Temper of the Man When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus…

What Benedict Saw

Robert P. Imbelli

Through successive waves of “downsizing,” and painful parting with many treasured books, I have carefully retained one…