Catholicism
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Wanted: A Synod of Affirmation
Pope Francis has called a special session of the Synod of Bishops, which will meet from October…
Sacramental Economy
Money is something of a mystery. Classical economics views money as a commodity that is selected as…
Explosive Business in North Dakota
The “Official Portal for the North Dakota State Government” lists that commonwealth’s nicknames as the Peace Garden…
Scotland on the Eve of the Referendum
The Road to the Present In 1707, the Scottish Parliament ‘adjourned’ sine die, having voted to enter…
Knowing the Trinity
Richard of St. Victor, a 12th-century Scottish theologian, is not exactly a household name in 21st-century Christian…
Between Sweetness and Nausea
This article was originally presented as the commencement address at The Geneva School, Winter Park, Florida, on…
Mary’s Most Loyal Children
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a solemn feast day and a holy day of obligation…
The Evangelical Academy
We were doing an interview on an NPR station, a kind of “point-counterpoint” thing. The other interviewee…
A Millennial Column
I’ve been writing op-ed columns for the Catholic press since 1979. In its present form, “The Catholic…
Tradition and the Individual Theologian
Catholics, Orthodox, and not a few Protestants have been known to reject theological novelties with a wave…
Shipwreck and Mission
The post-Vatican II Lectionary for Mass has many fine features, one of which is the continuous reading…
Uncle Sam Eavesdropping Outside the Confessional
On 28 March, 1606, Fr. Henry Garnet, an English Jesuit, went on trial in London. He was…
What Women Bishops Mean For Christian Unity
On July 14, 2014, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to permit women to…
An Eminent Distortion of History
As the world marked the silver anniversary of the Polish elections of June 1989, which eventually brought…
Summorum Pontificum, Seven Years On
Seven years ago this week, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, liberalizing use of…
