Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Reformation Day
It was around two o’clock in the afternoon on the eve of the Day of All Saints,…
The Book of Judges
Recent events have brought the ordinarily neglected subject of judicial duty to the front pages...
An Execration for an Unfaithful Husband
O may the girlfriend of your nightmares stalk you on the Internet, and “need to talk,” and…
Charity and Unity
When the pope’s new encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, appeared this summer, its ambitious scope and curious composition left…
Empathy & Apathy
During the presidential campaign Barack Obama declared, with no inadvertence, that among the furnishings of mind he…
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…
