Catholicism
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Midtown Art for a Midtown Cathedral
Last month, New York archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan unveiled a new painting for St. Patrick’s—the largest work…
How I Learned to Love Confession
When I converted to Catholicism in 2023 after eighteen months of RCIA, I was almost totally ignorant…
Briefly Noted
Our Lady of the Green Scapular charts a relay race of grace. The vision granted to Sr.…
Lessons from Luther and Newman
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…
The Problem(s) with “LGBTQ Catholic”
The late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus had a love-hate relationship with the New York Times. Richard was…
Enjoyably Evangelical
Not many people need to write an autobiography—especially not philosophy professors. Not many people who take the…
The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…
The Red Mass and the Vestiges of Catholic Lawyering
Over the next few weeks, lawyers and judges will descend upon Catholic churches across the United States…
Undermining the Church’s Public Witness
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki recently wrote in these pages that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plan to grant…
The Essential Newman
I first read St. John Henry Newman in 1985, when I was a graduate student at Yale.…
Pope and Parliament
The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial…
Catholics and Gender Ideology
In this raw, emotionally overwrought moment in our public life, few topics generate more passion than gender…
Sen. Durbin Is Unfit to Receive Any Catholic Honor
I was shocked to learn that the Archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cardinal Cupich, plans to bestow a…
Mercy, Yes, But Justice Too
Sometimes we hope desperately that our predictions are wrong. Fourteen years ago, I suggested that it was…
Carlo Acutis’s Simple Faith
I write these words on pilgrimage in the beautiful Italian town of Assisi, home to Sts. Francis,…
