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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…
Advent of Unity
John famously begins his Gospel with a piece of theology: “In the beginning was the Word, and…
Vatican II and the Berlin Wall
History sometimes displays the happy capacity to arrange anniversaries so that one sheds light on another. On Nov.…
Stephen Colbert and the Southern Catholic Charism
Forgive us if we pack the streets around Ed Sullivan Theatre next spring, searching the sky for…
The Pope and the Problem of Punishment
Pope Francis recently gave a speech to the International Association of Penal Law advocating for the improvement…
My Memories of Fr. Benedict
My memory of Fr. Benedict Groeschel goes back to 1964, when he was the Catholic chaplain at…
My Plea
The day my soul became Catholic was the day I found out that as a divorced and…
