Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Lessons From England
When I was a new convert to Catholicism I used to visit an elderly priest for tea…
Why Francis Must Speak
The crux of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s indictment of Pope Francis comes toward the end of his…
Why We Stay, and the Viganò Testimony
The Sunday Mass scriptures during this summer of horrors have often been eerily appropriate, beginning with Jeremiah’s…
What Francis Knew
Will battles erupt within the Catholic hierarchy following allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis has…
Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?
In Sigrid Undset’s novel Kristin Lavransdatter, the title character’s lifetime of piety culminates in a saintly death…
Unconvincing Triumphalism
The fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae has occasioned a certain amount of Roman Catholic triumphalism, at least…
The Mystery Parenthesis
In advance of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families, I was invited…
Fackenheim’s Law and the Current Catholic Crisis
The medieval Jewish sage Maimonides counted 613 commandments, or mitzvot, in the Law that God gave his…
Lo, I Am With You Always
When I was a boy, my parish priest was a child molester. This was more than 15…
Fathers, Help Us
Four years ago I pleaded with the princes of the Church, asking them not to change Catholic…
A Crisis of Infidelity
At the heart of the recent Catholic scandals is infidelity—literally the lack of faith. There are priests,…
The End of the Imperial Episcopate
The Empire—in all its forms—is long gone. Christendom is dead. The Church is reeling from grave scandal,…
Why Men Like Me Should Not Be Priests
I am the sort of man the Catholic Church says shouldn’t be a priest. I experience what…
Cleansing the Church of Clerical Sacrilege
It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church.…
A Failing Episcopal Establishment
We are witnessing the collapse of the episcopal establishment in the United States. In one sense, the…
