Catholicism
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A (Liturgical) New Year’s Resolution
If the civil new year is an occasion to resolve to Do Better in the future, the…
Wanting to Love the Pope
Back in the 1980s, the National Catholic Reporter, always a force for Church unity, ran a cartoon…
The Ecumenical Gospel
For many Evangelical Protestants, the gospel is justification by grace alone through faith alone. It’s the good…
Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor
Two weeks before Veterans Day, 88-year-old World War II vet Curtis Dagley of Gloucester, Massachusetts was decorated…
Willa Cather’s Answer to Exile
For me, one of the most poignant scenes in literature is the opening of Shadows on the…
Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”
Looking for some uplift after this tawdry election cycle? Some inspiration for tackling what lies ahead? A…
Those Catholic WikiLeaks
At the risk of causing cardiac distress or cerebral incidents among the bloggers of the Catholic Left,…
The End of an Era, the Interment of an Event
Alfred Emmanuel Smith (1873-1944) served as Governor of New York for four terms and earned the gratitude…
Creeping Infallibility
The Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, issued by Pope Francis at the close of two recent synods on…
Patty Duke’s Unforgettable Life
Patty Duke burst onto the Broadway stage in 1959, at age twelve. She was cast as Helen…
The Vatican, China, and Evangelical Prudence
Recent remarks by the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, have fueled speculation about a possible…
Ad Orientem and Absolutism
Shortly after Cardinal Sarah made a mess and, Francis-like, sparked some uncomfortable dialogue in the Church, I…
Lund and the Quest for Christian Unity
Next month, on October 31, the eve of All Saints Day, Pope Francis will visit Lund, Sweden,…
They’re Confessors, Not “Culture-Warriors”
Like Shelby Foote’s three-volume masterpiece, The Civil War: A Narrative, Francis Parkman’s seven-volume colossus, France and England…
Pius XII’s Duel with Hitler
When Mark Riebling’s Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War against Hitler appeared last year, it earned…
