Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Why I Stay at Notre Dame
I have been associated with the University of Notre Dame since 1984, first as a graduate student…
Remembering Angelo Gugel
Those who remember the epic pontificate of St. John Paul II may recall a tall, handsome layman…
Why I’m Done with Notre Dame
I retired from the University of Notre Dame at the end of 2025. More accurately, I left.…
Where the Dallas Charter Went Wrong
In Peter Weir’s 1981 film Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian foot soldiers, armed only with bayonets, are sent,…
The Serpent and the Dove
Late in the evening of Thursday, September 8, 1955, Communist Party officials in Shanghai launched a mass…
Briefly Noted
There’s an old saw about G. K. Chesterton. Having been commissioned to write a follow-up to his…
The Case of the Missing Mayor
On January 1, newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a solemn vow to his constituents: “I promise…
SSPX, the German Church, and the Crisis of Unity
The Society of St. Pius X’s recent announcement that it plans to consecrate new bishops in July,…
Blessed Fulton Sheen, a Modern Evangelist for Christ
No doubt many people will offer their own reflections on the life of Archbishop Fulton Sheen...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Critique of Catholicism
At risk of being controversial, I must take issue with Jeffrey Epstein. Buried in the latest tranche…
Cardinal Dolan: By No Means Finished Yet
There’s a steakhouse on East 50th Street in midtown Manhattan, to which Cardinal Timothy Dolan and I…
The Ones Who Didn’t Convert
Melanie McDonagh’s Converts, reviewed in First Things last month, allows us to gaze close-up at the extraordinary…
Restoring Venezuela Will Require Faith
The United States is leading the political transition in Venezuela, marking an end to the socialist regime…
Cancer and the Cure of Souls
"I have cancer,” the elderly woman announced from her hospital bed high above York Avenue in Manhattan.…
Nuns Don’t Want to Be Priests
Sixty-four percent of American Catholics say the Church should allow women to be ordained as priests, according…
