Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Paul Mankowski’s Outbursts of Sanity
Diogenes Unveiled: A Paul Mankowski Collection edited by philip f. lawler ignatius press, 294 pages, $19.95 Paul…
Becoming a Wonderless Robot
Good morning, Apple. I squint into the magic rectangle for my sunrise elixir: news, email, and social…
What Is the Longhouse?
Something has gone wrong in modern cultural and political life. Only those hopelessly numb, or deceived by…
Mere Christianity on Campus
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
In his films, director Martin McDonagh takes the kitschified, cliched landscape of Ireland and hands it back…
Homosexuality and Hatred
Two prominent American priests recently made important statements that indicate an attempt to shift the Catholic discussion…
Adventures in Reading
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
English is a wonderfully weird language with a huge vocabulary, but one with distinct “registers.” I am…
Benedict and Pell
One was a small, shy, introverted figure, who in old age looked as though a strong breeze…
Letters from Rome: #3
The End of an Era, the Temper of the Man When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus…
What Benedict Saw
Through successive waves of “downsizing,” and painful parting with many treasured books, I have carefully retained one…
Benedict XVI, Disciple
Pope Benedict XVI, after a long and productive life in service to Christ and the Church, has…
Return to the Classics
An astonishing thing is happening at traditional, faith-based colleges. While national college enrollment has decreased by 13…
The Mortal Longing After Loveliness
When Xerxes, king of Persia, was on the march, He met a beauty, marvelous and fair, And…
My Madness
My brother Peter was a wondrous boy, the youngest, brightest, and bounciest of three kids: IQ 165,…
