Catholicism

A selection of recent articles on this topic

What She Asks, She Obtains

Stephen Schmalhofer

When historian Henry Adams and his fellow Americans—including Augustus St. Gaudens, Margaret Terry Chanler, Willa Cather, and…

Magisterial Liberalism

Ed Condon

Pride month has once again come and gone. As in previous years, entire sections of major cities…

Icons on Ammo Boxes

George Weigel

Throughout the 20th century—the greatest period of martyrdom in history—persecuted Christians used the dross of this world…

Communion and Ecclesial Governance

Fr. Pius Pietrzyk

Last week, Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson declared that Brebeuf Jesuit High School is no longer a Catholic…

They Did Nothing But Pray

Eduard Habsburg

My birthday, January 12, is also the anniversary of an event that had a more fundamental and…

Whose Republic? Which “Liberalism”?

George Weigel

Extra credit question: Name the author of this admonition about the insecure cultural foundations and potentially perilous…

High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later

George Weigel

Thirty years ago last week, Poland began to self-liberate from communism through the first semi-free elections held…

Catholic Universities and Gianni Vattimo

Thomas G. Guarino

The Italian philosopher Gianteresio (Gianni) Vattimo has gained international renown over the last few decades. Many of…

A Call for Radical Renewal

Ed Condon

Tomorrow, the United States Council of Catholic Bishops will meet in Baltimore for its General Assembly.  This…

Reasonable Doubts About Pell’s Conviction

Julia Yost

Catholics and non-Catholics around the world are justly outraged by the crimes and coverups of the Church’s…

Pope Francis Forgets

Dan Hitchens

Did Pope Francis know? Was he told, five years before the world found out, that the powerful…

Eastern Catholics and the Universal Church

George Weigel

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia celebrated the enthronement of its new Metropolitan-Archbishop, Borys Gudziak, on…

Restoring, and strengthening, episcopal credibility

George Weigel

Pope Francis’s recent motu proprio on sexual abuse, Vos estis lux mundi (You Are the Light of…

Matteo Salvini and the Bishops

Kishore Jayabalan

If mixing religion and politics is a tricky affair, keeping them separate is nearly impossible. Matteo Salvini,…

Calling the Pope a Liar

Philip Lawler

It is no small thing to call the pope a liar. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has done…