Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Now, the Kasper Theory of Democracy?
A few weeks ago, after Ireland voted to approve so-called “same-sex marriage,” a correspondent sent me an…
Dear Pope Francis: Remember the Standers
Pope Francis has spoken often about the problem of family breakdown. “The family is the fundamental cell…
Themes for Surviving “Ordinary Time”
I’m fortunate to hear good preaching on a regular basis. But even the best Catholic preaching these…
Residual Entities
The Coup at Catholic University: The 1968 Revolution in American Catholic Education by Fr. Peter Mitchell Ignatius,…
The Neglected God
Some years ago Nils A. Dahl wrote that God may be the “neglected factor in New Testament…
Rolling Stone, Alan Dershowitz, and Catholic Priests
By now, virtually everyone has heard of the Rolling Stone fiasco, with its explosive article, “A Rape…
The Catholic Church’s German Crisis
The twenty-first-century Church owes a lot to twentieth-century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the…
It’s Vespers Somewhere
Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour michael p. foley regnery, 487…
Finding St. Anthony
St. Anthony of Padua, follower of St. Francis, was a renowned preacher, Scripture scholar, and legendary miracle-worker.…
The Difference Cardinal George Made
On September 2, 1939, the House of Commons debated the British government’s response to the German invasion…
Notre Dame’s Core Curriculum Review
Much has already been written on the University of Notre Dame’s current core curriculum review—and on its…
The Hero of Hungary
Today, we mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, a courageous Hungarian prelate…
Doctrix Teresa: A Churchly Theologian
This year marks the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, best known to…
Pope v. Paganism
The pagan temptation,” as the philosopher Thomas Molnar once described it, is hardly new—the Church has been…
When We Cared
Today, we mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 24th, 1915, the nationalist Young…
