Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
When Forgiveness of Sins Becomes a Financial Liability
According to the latest study of U.S. Catholic priests, released in mid-October, there still exists a widespread…
Catherine Connolly’s Spoiled Victory
Catherine Connolly is Ireland’s new president. Connolly, who was backed by the hard-left parties, received 63 percent…
A Timely Anniversary
Sixty years ago, on October 28, 1965, the Second Vatican Council adopted, and Pope Paul VI promulgated,…
Newman Against Compromise
On November 1, St. John Henry Newman will be declared a Doctor of the Church—an announcement that…
Vatican II at Sixty
December 8, 2025, is quickly approaching, a date marking the sixtieth anniversary of the close of the…
The Church and Immigration Sanity
Let’s start with a thought experiment. A foreign-looking family knocks on the door one evening and asks…
Two Takes on Pope Leo
Already we have had an array of first-hundred-days analyses of Pope Leo XIV, as though the first…
How Much Does Dilexi Te Reflect Leo XIV’s Thinking?
"Slogans do not lift people out of poverty,” Pope Leo XIV said in his address to the…
The Road to Chartres
Rain was falling as we reached camp on that first night, and I was questioning my choices.…
Russian Reset Required in Rome
When Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ was head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations…
Education Is Not a Commodity
In a recent opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Maryland classics professor Eric…
Midtown Art for a Midtown Cathedral
Last month, New York archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan unveiled a new painting for St. Patrick’s—the largest work…
How I Learned to Love Confession
When I converted to Catholicism in 2023 after eighteen months of RCIA, I was almost totally ignorant…
Briefly Noted
Our Lady of the Green Scapular charts a relay race of grace. The vision granted to Sr.…
Lessons from Luther and Newman
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…
