Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Confession Eclipsed
It is often said that the end of Latin as the Church’s liturgical language was the most…
The Two Sides of the Dallas Charter
Cardinal Wilton Gregory has now retired as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. In 2001, Gregory was elected…
The Catholics Reviving Renaissance-Style Arts Patronage
A cohort of American Catholic patrons of the arts sense the time is ripe for another Renaissance.…
Fulton Sheen: Master Evangelist
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cheryl Hughes joins in…
Demythologizing Some Recent Catholic History
The National Catholic Reporter recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s seventy-fifth birthday by perpetuating two…
Ireland’s Abolitionist Titan
Until 2023, the library at Trinity College in Dublin was named after George Berkeley, one of the…
The Pillar and Foundation of Truth: A Statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together
As the People of God, the Church is the temple of the Holy Spirit, Christ’s very body…
No Country for Christendom
The Armagnac was low in the bottle when my host erupted on the subject of American empire.…
Omnis in Scripturas
Out in some wild place, there stands a prophet. He is alone with the elements and his…
Lent and the Purification of Memory
On December 20, 2002, I was at lunch in the papal apartment when the wide-ranging conversation John…
Catholicism at the End of the World
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Jeremy Beer joins in…
Biden Is the New Francis
Early in 2016, articles began to appear noting similarities between Pope Francis and Donald Trump. Trump’s promise…
Fiction and Last Things
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cassandra Nelson joins in…
Pope Francis and “Selective Indignation”
Last month, the chief rabbi of Rome accused Pope Francis of “selective indignation” in his comments about…
Necessary Societies
On the Dignity of Society is an anthology of Russell Hittinger’s previously published articles, organized into three…
