Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Saving The King’s College
My alma mater, The King’s College in New York City, is in danger of closing. This small…
John Paul II and Me (and the Poles)
In the first chapter of Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy quoted an exasperated congressman, John Steven…
What We’ve Been Reading—March 2023
Mark Bauerlein Contributing Editor Gustave Flaubert’s Sentimental Education has an unfortunate pertinence to 2023 America, at least to the…
Bumbling Intelligence
A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA by rhodri jeffreys-jones oxford, 320 pages, $27.95 A secret…
What Descartes Thought About the Eucharist
Check out the typical textbook treatment of Eucharistic theology, and you’ll find a précis of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther,…
The Myth of Empress Elisabeth
Elisabeth, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary (1837–1898), has been the muse of many a filmmaker.…
God’s Saboteurs
This week, Conversations with Mark Bauerlein revisits some of its favorite conversations. Refresh your memory of Rod…
Cardinal George Pell: The Encourager
On Tuesday, January 3, when Cardinal George Pell and I went to pay our respects to Pope…
Calendars of My Life
The first column of a new year should come with an attendant ritual, should it not? We’ll…
No Mercy Without Rules
Announcing the death of Benedict XVI on its Saturday front page, the New York Times drew a…
Letters from Rome: #1
Joseph Ratzinger, Doctor of the Church? In the days since his death on December 31, several commentators…
My Madness
My brother Peter was a wondrous boy, the youngest, brightest, and bounciest of three kids: IQ 165,…
Witchcraft on the World’s Edge
The Ruin of All Witches:Life and Death in the New Worldby malcolm gaskillknopf, 336 pages, $30 Stories…
A Year of Reading: 2022, Part 1
Dear reader, this list is too long—so much so that I must serve it in two courses!…
St. Ambrose’s Advent Hymn
St. Ambrose of Milan was one of the first hymnographers of the Western church, and remains one…
