Catholicism
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The Culture of Death Loses One—for the Moment
Good news not being thick on the ground these days, I’m delighted to note some very good…
Confession Isn’t Therapy
Frequent confession was once normal—monthly, biweekly, or even weekly. But it became rarer among Catholics formed from…
The Pope and President Tangle
In April, the Holy Father and the president of the United States traded barbs. The proximate cause…
The German Gambit
Reinhard Cardinal Marx stated recently that the German bishops intend to issue a formal liturgical blessing for…
Doing Justice While Making Catholic Schools Affordable
Before joining what once imagined itself the world’s greatest deliberative body, U.S. senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) was…
Our Strange Catholic Moment
American Catholicism is in steep decline. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. In 2025,…
While We’re At It
In Palm Sunday reflections posted on his website, Coram Fratribus, Bishop Erik Varden observes: In the Saint…
His Serene Holiness
Not since the 2018 Vatican-themed Met Gala had Catholics paid such close attention to fashion. When the…
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…
