Catholicism
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Grace Under Pressure
A chapter in a remarkable American and Catholic life will close on June 6, when Abbot Thomas…
The Catholic Novel: A Footnote
You may recall the conversation, the debate, the brouhaha over Catholic fiction that took place several years…
A New Story for a New America
Archbishop José H. Gomez delivered the 129th Annual Commencement Address at the Catholic University of America in…
What Happens in Germany
In The Making of Martin Luther, the Cambridge scholar Richard Rex notes that 1518, not 1517, marks…
Ireland and the ‘Ensoulment’ Myth
On May 25, Irish citizens will vote on a referendum on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment…
The View from Here Is Glory
This Our Exile by joshua hren angelico press, 142 pages, $18 What is “Catholic fiction”? Must it…
The Chilean Bishops Crisis
With the mass resignation of 34 Chilean bishops, we have reached the decisive moment of the Francis…
If Only Francis Were Luther!
With the advent of Wim Wenders’s Pope Francis documentary in theaters, the policies of the current pontiff…
Ring, Catholic Bells!
The bells at my parish had been silent for years. They rested in their tower quietly amid…
The Holy See, China, and Evangelization
In a recent interview, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, suggested that certain…
Pope Paul Said No
In September 1988, just five months before his death, Fr. John Ford, SJ revealed a conversation he had had…
An All-Too-Moveable Feast
We American Catholics are now in the post-Easter Season of the Bollixed Holy Days. One of them—occurring…
Cheap Joy
On Holy Wednesday this year, I attended a local Catholic book club meeting on The Book of…
Making a Diverse College of Cardinals Work
With the exception of the two consistories held by Pope John XXIII in 1958 and 1959, every…
Baseball and Synod 2018
I trust it won’t cause heartburn among the editors of Commonweal if I confess to having cheered…
