Catholicism
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Death and Dappled Hope
Promise Me, Dad:A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purposeby joe bidenflatiron books, 272 pages, $27 Many politicians’…
Preaching vs. Practice
For Pope Francis, a long honeymoon has ended. For nearly five years since his election in March…
For Love of God and of Us
February 1, 2018 marked the passing of Germain Gabriel Grisez, a man of the Church and one…
The Vatican’s China Whitewash
Like many others, I received with skepticism the news of a possible deal to resolve the long-standing…
Called to Eucharist
Over the centuries, the theology and practice of the Eucharist have been distorted in many ways. One…
Benedict in Silence
As we approach the fifth anniversary of Benedict XVI’s abdication and Francis’s election, we face a strange…
The Bridge That George Lindbeck Built
As a college student studying theology in the 1990s, I was inspired by many great theologians of…
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…
The Letter American Bishops Should Write
Here’s a simple question for future historians: How is it that the same Catholic Church in Germany,…
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…
Homage to Don Briel
In the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out:…
Pope Francis Regrets
News outlets around the world have reported that Pope Francis, at the end of his apostolic voyage…
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…
