Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
That Nothing May Be Lost
This spring I was out of the country for a week. Attending Mass shortly after my return,…
The Springtime of John Paul II
In his celebrated Christian allegory The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , C.S. Lewis represents evil’s…
Richard and the Jews
In his youth in rural Ontario and rural Texas, Richard John Neuhaus had little or no contact…
The Book of Numbers
Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $26 When it comes to…
Annihilating Nihilism
God and the Between by William Desmond Wiley-Blackwell, 368 pages, $44.95 Running through William Desmond’s latest book”the…
For Pro-Lifers, A New Day
The worst aspect of an Obama presidency, I have been telling friends for months, will be his…
Scripture and Truth
The Nature of Biblical Criticism by John Barton Westminster John Knox, 206 pages, $24.95 John Barton, professor…
The Vindication of Humanae Vitae
That Humanae Vitae and related Catholic teachings about sexual morality are laughingstocks in all the best places…
A Pilgim’s Progress: Corpus Christi 2008
An excited group of girls behind me—ages five to eight, I think, walking with their mothers: some…
Ironies in the Fire
We all complain at times about the tiresome discussions of the shifting meanings of left and right…
Death and Politics Revisited
On March 17 at 7:00 pm, I’ll be giving a lecture at Georgetown University’s ICC Auditorium called…
Newman on Conversion
Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus, in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of…
On Being a Pallbearer
Recently, I served as a pallbearer for my grandfather on my mother’s side. I had never served…
The Catholic Fantastic of Chesterton and Tolkien
It is often assumed that G. K. Chesterton and J. R .R. Tolkien were reactionary, antimodern writers.…
Our New Group Blog
. . . has been up and opining almost a week now¯as distinguished from our Daily Article…
