Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Catholics Don’t Sing Like Lutherans
I have been attending mass with more frequency of late, no longer as a tourist, so to…
Lent, Day by Day
The phrase “Lenten journey” has become ubiquitous in contemporary Catholicism, but for once, AmChurchSpeak makes an important…
Fr. McBrien’s Legacy
When Fr. Richard McBrien—author of twenty-five books, syndicated columnist, and previous chairman of the theology department at…
What the Pope Should Do. We’re Waiting
Not for many generations has the Church amassed as much prestige as it has under John Paul…
Evangelical Challenges for Vatican Diplomacy
The bilateral diplomacy of the Holy See is unique in world affairs, in that it has little…
A Fourth Francis
When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in March 2013, many wrote about the significance of the…
The Word and the Rule of Faith
Evangelicalism is awash in the 3Rs: retrieval, renewal, and ressourcement. As Michael Allen and Scott Swain explain…
Nonsense on “Sixty Minutes”
Sixty Minutes,” the CBS News “magazine” that helped redefine television journalism, prides itself on challenging conventional wisdom,…
Joy in Chastity
In 2006, Dawn Eden wrote The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On.…
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…
