Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christmas, Freedom, and Obedience
On December 17, the day the first “O Antiphon” signaled the intensification of preparations for Christmas, the…
The Lowliness of Human Flesh
Of all the secular world’s contributions to the celebration of Christmas, one of my favorites is A…
God Is True
Let God be found true, though every man be found a liar,” Paul writes (Rom. 3:4). Paul’s…
Two Popes, Too Many Untruths
I felt strangely pulled between two minds as I sat through The Two Popes, the new movie said…
America As a Catholic Country
As a student in the fourth grade of Saint Thomas Aquinas School in East Lansing, Michigan, I…
A Last Chance for Australian Justice
My late parents loved Cardinal George Pell, whom they knew for decades. So I found it a…
Against the Open Society
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West by r. r. reno…
The Reformed Liturgy, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago, on November 30, 1969, the Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of Advent with…
Martin Scorsese’s Damned Men Walking
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is about bringing the curtain down—in cinematic and other senses—on the mythology of glamor and…
Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?
November 9 marked the 30th anniversary of the peaceful breach of the Berlin Wall—the symbolic high point…
Pope Francis and the American Bishops
During the most significant debate of last week’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB),…
The Philip Pullman Dilemma
If your soul was visible as an animal, what would it be? I suspect mine would be…
Infant Baptism and the Logic of Liberalism
My family goes to a lot of baptisms these days. With several of our Catholic friends raising…
The “Synodality” Masquerade
During the 2001 Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, who’d suffered through a lot of…
New Troubles for Ireland?
The year is 2022. Trump is in his second term. The second incarnation of his administration is…
