Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
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…
The Acid Bath of Ingratitude
Early last week, there was a terrible accident. A young mother, driving on icy Wyoming roads, lost…
Husserl’s Students
Dietrich von Hildebrand and Edith Stein: Husserl’s Students by dr. alice von hildebrandroman catholic books, 52 pages,…
Time to Accommodate the Divorce Revolution?
In the wake of the divorce revolution that swept Europe and the Americas over the last half-century,…
Christina Rossetti’s Lenten Life
The Victorian poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) is most celebrated for her popular Christmas carols, but her most…
Ash Wednesday in Rome
Half an hour before sunrise on Ash Wednesday, hundreds of English-speakers from all over Rome will begin…
A date to remember
Papal approbation being no bad thing, I was delighted to learn that Pope Francis, in a homily…
