Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Roster of Saints
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Archbishop Alfred Hughes joins…
To Desire Like a Little Child
Minor Indignitiesby trevor cribben merrill wiseblood books, 233 pages, $15.80 Milan Kundera once admitted in a conversation with René…
Israel, Armenia, and the Ivy League
My great-grandparents came to Egypt in the early twentieth century, narrowly escaping the systematic genocide of the…
The Carthusians of Vermont
In a hollow just north of Bennington, Vermont, near the New York state line, nineteen monks at…
Can We Make the World a Better Place?
Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Dutyby ephraim radnerrnbaker academic, 280 pages, $36.99 Midway through Mortal Goods, Ephraim…
Radiant in the Gulag and Elsewhere
In Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence…
On the “Nation” of Christian Nationalism
Most of the ruckus about Christian Nationalism has focused on the first term of the phrase. What…
God Gone Silent
God’s advent is accompanied by great noise. He walks in Eden “in the Spirit of the day,”…
Holy Week in Seville
Every year in Seville, more than sixty life-size replicas of the Virgin Mary are paraded through the…
A Year of Bumps in the Road for Pope Francis
The Holy Father’s eleventh anniversary (March 19) fell at a difficult moment, with a global controversy over…
The Church of England and Cost-Free Righteousness
Over at the U.K.’s Spectator, William Moore has penned an article with the provocative title, “Is the…
Nihilism—in Nazi Germany and Today
Twice in the last ten days my dear friend and colleague Fran Maier has drawn attention to…
Lenten Literary Companions
The traditional Lenten practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are spiritual disciplines to be followed along…
STDs in the USA
According to a recent CDC report, cases of syphilis are rising in the United States. The report…
YouTube and the Yearning for God
Confession: Last year, just before Lent, I was hijacked by YouTube. I started watching YouTube “shorts”—videos lasting…