Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Books for Summer Reading
Real readers read books all year round. But the convention of the “summer reading list” has become…
John Paul and Francis at Yad Vashem
As that familiar parody of bad fiction has it, “it was a dark and stormy night”—March 21,…
Is Spain Regaining Its Faith?
Like Quebec, Ireland, or Boston, Spain has epitomized the fading of Catholic faith. In the twentieth century, religious…
The Pope Is Catholic
A recent story in the L.A. Times about the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops…
Innocents Abroad
Seeing as the Catholic Church has itself been the victim of a damaging disinformation campaign, one might…
Will Catholics Comply?
Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will announce its decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Depending on how…
Troubled Waters
The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in America and has been since around 1960…
Humanae Vitae: What If?
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna has long been a vocal supporter of Humanae Vitae’s teaching on the morally…
The Making of a Misleading Metaphor
The sturdiest storyline in the coverage of the canonization of two popes last Sunday was a narrative…
The Difference Easter Makes
One of the striking things about the Easter and post-Easter narratives in the New Testament is that…
John Paul II’s American Legacy
If ever there was a pope of global stature it was St. John Paul II. He took…
Clearing the Waters
I had the privilege of working for Blessed John Paul II for nine years. As a young…
John XXIII and John Paul II
Pope Francis’s bold decisions to canonize Blessed John XXIII without the normal post-beatification miracle, and to link…
Bridging a False Divide
Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the Old Testament, sidled over to me…
Lent: the Annual Catechumenate
Historians of the Roman liturgy generally reckon the restorations of the Easter Vigil (by Pius XII) and…
