Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Great Charter at 800
These remarks were delivered at Brigham Young University, January 23, as part of BYU’s on-going “Faith, Family…
The Future of Catholic Schools and the Future of America
Catholic schools have kept generations of immigrant children in the bosom of the Church while helping to…
Catholicism Before and After 1963
In trying to understand the extraordinary changes the Catholic Church underwent in the middle of the twentieth…
Owning Our Baptism
The transfer of the celebration of the Epiphany to a Sunday from January 6 (the solemnity’s traditional…
Africa’s Catholic Moment
According to an old Vatican aphorism, “We think in centuries here.” Viewed through that long-distance lens, the…
Who Am I To Judge?
At noon I have to be at the local Catholic school—let’s call it St. Dismas—to train altar…
Francis, Filtered
About a year ago, I suggested to one of the top editors of a major American newspaper…
Bonhoeffer in Advent
The year was 1943, and another Advent had dawned for Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer loved Advent…
A Witness, in Life and Letters
Born in Britain in 1923, and educated at Eton and Oxford, Philip Trower is a Catholic writer…
Torture and Witness to Life
I am a very proud alumnus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. I earned a bachelor’s degree…
Spirit in Flesh
God has come to the human race many times and in many ways. He came to form…
Benedict’s Quiet Counsel to the Synod
While Cardinal Kasper has been busy lobbying for his long-sought proposal to change Church disciplines concerning the…
Ecumenism After 50 Years
From the introduction to a lecture presented at the Gregorian University in Rome on the occasion of…
The Pope’s True Agenda
It is now widely acknowledged that the media’s initial reporting of the pope’s recent speech on creation…
Terminal Leave
The unarmored shoes she donsleave space in the toe for a soul. A phantom hanging on her…
