Catholicism
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Pope Leo’s Christocentric Vision
I have often remarked upon an odd occurrence. Frequently, in the Catholic press and even in scholarly…
The Conqueror’s Triumph
Ascension Day, celebrated by the Western Church on May 14 this year, is the neglected stepchild of…
Centesimus Annus at Thirty-Five
Thirty-five years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his most developed social encyclical, Centesimus Annus; its title…
The Church’s Gender Gap Problem
When I was growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to hear women bemoan their husbands’ absence from church.…
In Thanksgiving for the Gift of Baptism
Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Fr. Thomas Love, S.J.,…
Catholic Bishops’ Empty Moralizing
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops made an ill-considered intervention in the legal battle over birthright…
The Word Became Flesh and Picked Up a Hammer
A year and a half ago, the College of St. Joseph the Worker, a new Catholic trade…
“Ecclesiacide,” Then and Now
Pardon the Latin-rooted neologism, but if “patricide” works for murdering your father and “regicide” for taking out…
Ratzinger in the Whirlwind
Joseph Ratzinger did not fade into obscurity when he retired to a life of prayer inside the…
Does Just War Doctrine Require Moral Certainty?
Pope Leo XIV has made it clear that the U.S. war on Iran does not, in his…
Trump, Leo, and the Death of Integralism
There is a Yiddish witticism, Der Mensch tracht, un Gott lacht (“Man plans, and God laughs”), and…
The USCCB’s Just War Error
Just war is again being discussed in the public square by policymakers and prelates alike. Recently, the…
An American Pope at a Time of War
When it comes to papal matters in Rhode Island, I am often interviewed on the local news.…
The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV
Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism…
An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J.
Your Eminence: In an article recently published by a major German Catholic website, you suggested that the…
