Catholicism
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The Catholic Church Doesn’t Do “Paradigm Shifts”
Ever since Thomas Kuhn popularized it with his 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the notion…
I Know How to Be Abased and I Know How to Abound
I was more ashamed of my Goodwill clothes than of not speaking English when I first came…
Pope Francis Regrets
News outlets around the world have reported that Pope Francis, at the end of his apostolic voyage…
Homage to Don Briel
In the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out:…
Mr. Fit Goes to Communion
When communion for the remarried was reintroduced into Catholic discussion a few years ago, we were informed…
By What Authority?
This is the second in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
Judaism, Christianity, and First Things
The Edgardo Mortara episode is a stain on the Catholic Church. Whatever one thinks about the efficacy…
Francis Canavan: A Jesuit for the Confused and Distressed
Fun is Not Enough: The Complete Catholic Eye Columns by francis canavan, s.j., edited by dawn eden goldstein;…
Paul VI in 2018
Paul VI’s landmark encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, turns fifty this year. It was controversial before…
Deliver Us From “Dynamic Equivalence”
Pope Francis has a problem with “lead us not into temptation,” the penultimate line of the Lord’s…
Viva Cristo Rey!
In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo…
The Curial Sidelines
I suspect the employees of the Roman Curia have come to view the pope’s annual Christmas greetings…
The Secrets of the Confessional
It was a bad sign when several jolly-looking priests got into a car and pulled out of…
Trimming the Ark
This essay first appeared in the May 7, 1966 issue of the Tablet and is reprinted with…
Carols and the Christmas Paradox
Advent is the season of watching and waiting, but it is also, as the days draw nearer…
