Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Wake Up Dead Man Captures the Beauty of Priestly Ministry
The famous detective Benoit Blanc is known for solving impossible mysteries. When he is called to upstate…
The Fertility Crisis Will Not Be Solved by Economics Alone
The West’s demographic dearth is capturing the attention of growing numbers of public officials. Speaking on October…
The Smiling Archbishop of New York
More than sixteen years ago, on the morning of his installation Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in…
Make Me A Lutheran
John Fisher, the renowned Bishop of Rochester, is known to history chiefly for having been put to…
Keep Lighting Candles
On December 23, 1981, President Ronald Reagan called for Americans to place a lighted candle in the…
Andrea Grillo and the End of His Usefulness
No one with any knowledge of Roman universities would be the least surprised to hear that Sant’Anselmo,…
Lessons from the Christmas Gospels
The Roman Missal provides four distinct Mass texts for the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord:…
Pope Leo’s China Dilemma
There is good news and bad news about the Vatican’s policy of engagement with the People’s Republic…
The German Bishops’ Conference, Over the Cliff
When it was first published in 1993, Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical on the reform of…
Slamming the Door on Female Clergy
The year 2025 witnessed not only the death of the most liberal pope in the history of…
Artful Faith (ft. Stephen Auth)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Stephen Auth joins…
Same-Sex Marriage and the European Bishops
On November 25, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered Poland to recognize same-sex marriage. Polish law…
While We’re At It
Anglicans refer to the last Sunday before Advent as “Stir Up” Sunday. This puzzled me as…
Bearing the Largest Cross in the World
In recent months, Spain has become an epicenter in the battle over Europe’s diminishing Christian identity. At…
Our Lady of This Particular Place
It’s a Marian week on the Catholic calendar, with three feasts observed in five days: Immaculate Conception…
