Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
Meeting the World to Convert the World
In a June post at the website Where Peter Is, author Steven Millies, having ritually denounced the…
Did Vatican II Replace One-Sided Papalism with One-Sided Episcopalism?
As everyone knows, the Second Vatican Council was an extraordinary event, with ramifications not simply for Catholicism…
A Catholic Convert’s Perspective on the Jubilee Year
As a former low-church Protestant who joined the Catholic Church, I had to adjust to its reliance…
A Rahnerian Surprise
Karl Rahner, S.J. (1904–1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a…
Bishop Barron, the German Church, and the Renewal of Faith
On July 27, Bishop Robert Barron was awarded the Josef Pieper Prize in Münster, Germany, joining the…
St. John Henry Newman, Doctor for the Modern World
In 1874, three years before St. Francis de Sales was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, John…
Religious Exemptions Beyond Religious Curiosities?
On July 21, plaintiffs in Kane v. City of New York asked the Supreme Court to review…
From Conclave to Catwalk
Secular culturistas continue to be fascinated by the Catholic Church—or at least by its external trappings. The…
War on the Weak and a Bad Bishop
A case study in brain-dead deconsolidation: marijuana legalization. Marijuana has been legal in New York State since…
Ecumenical Fear and Loathing
Once upon a time, there was a culture that was split into two bitterly opposed parties. They…
Islamists and the Tragedy of Holy Family Church
Three Christians were killed and ten others wounded last Thursday when an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) mortar…
The Perils of Polarization
CRACOW—Adam Michnik was one of the great wordsmiths of the revolution of conscience that began to form…
Was St. Vincent of Lérins Anti-Augustinian?
One of Pope Francis’s favorite theologians, as many will remember, was the early church writer St. Vincent…
The Future of Catholic Theology
About ten years ago I found myself in China teaching a weeklong philosophy seminar on the thought…
