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Bishop Martin Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Until a few weeks ago, students attending Mass in the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High School in…
Praying Well at the End of the World
Early in the book, Fr. Donald Haggerty complains about the summertime crowds of tourists who pass through…
Why the Church Must Lead the Tech Age
Tomorrow’s leaders are no longer just presidents, prime ministers, or generals. Power to shape society is shifting…
Time to Move Beyond “Synoding”?
In the first volume of his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI saluted the important contributions…
The Question of Suicide
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Martin Lockerd joins…
A Solution to a Kafkaesque Clerical Conundrum
“Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.”…
Our Age of Martyrdom
Robert Royal and I have been friends, colleagues, and co-conspirators for nigh on to four decades. Dr.…
Can Transsexuals Be Baptized?
These are not easy days to be a Catholic pastor. In our age of entitlement and mixed…
Restoring Holy Family Church: A Bridge of Faith Amid War
Six months after Hamas brutally attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,195 people and taking 250…
More and More and More
Thomas More: A Lifeby joanne paulpegasus books, 624 pages, $39.95 Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
Meeting the World to Convert the World
In a June post at the website Where Peter Is, author Steven Millies, having ritually denounced the…
Did Vatican II Replace One-Sided Papalism with One-Sided Episcopalism?
As everyone knows, the Second Vatican Council was an extraordinary event, with ramifications not simply for Catholicism…
A Catholic Convert’s Perspective on the Jubilee Year
As a former low-church Protestant who joined the Catholic Church, I had to adjust to its reliance…
A Rahnerian Surprise
Karl Rahner, S.J. (1904–1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a…