Catholicism
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Catholic Census
I never got closer than a football field to Pope Francis when he visited Washington D.C., but…
The Folly of Lifestyle Ecumenism
Lifestyle Ecumenism” is the view that Catholics should practice today a kind of “ecumenism” towards persons in…
Trashing Luther
Theological hobbyists of a hyper-Catholic sort continue to misconstrue Luther’s “errors.” Oh, I hardly think he was…
When Francis Came to Cuba
We should cheer any time a pope mingles with sinners. It’s what Jesus did, and what his…
Lessons from the Rough Rider for Today’s Political Ruffians
Sitting at a writing-desk in the White House on December 11, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt was an…
Anthropological Pessimism and Theological Hope
In July 2013, while flying home from World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Pope Francis fielded…
A Benign Reading of a Confusing Paragraph
When I was asked to sign the Appeal critiquing Paragraph 137, I initially agreed with the reading of…
Popes in These United States
The history of popes in these United States is full of surprises. And one of them, to…
An Appeal
An Instrumentum laboris (working paper) was prepared for the XIV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops…
Pope Francis’s Words of Affirmation
During a recent televised video conference hosted by ABC’s 20/20, Pope Francis spoke to several American Catholics…
A Franciscan Moment
Evangelicalism is best understood as a renewal movement within the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. Across…
An Epistolary Romp through Catholicism
In 2003, Elizabeth Maguire, publisher of Basic Books, made a proposal: I should write Letters to a…
The Joy of the Gospel and the Gospel of Life
Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., spoke to the national Religion Newswriters Association on Aug. 28, in preparation…
The Pope’s Visit
When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than…
The Deeper Issue at the Synod
Looking back on the controversy that preceded Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, I get the…
