Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Creation, Redemption, Martyrdom: A Lenten Reflection
A Lenten quiz: Which came first, God’s creation of the world or God’s covenant with Israel? If…
Looking at Christ
Originally published as “Christus im Blick” in the March 28, 2019, issue of Die Tagespost. We are…
A Nation Under God
Our country has a long tradition of official encouragement of religion on a non-sectarian basis. That tradition…
Purity in the Digital Age
When my family lived in Colorado, one of our greatest pleasures was the long drive west from…
Bring Back the Blue Laws
My home state of North Dakota just removed the respirator from a dying vestige of American culture.…
An Open Letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx
Your Eminence: I noted with interest your recent announcement of a “binding synodal process” during which the…
Glorious Humility
One of the most memorable sermons I’ve ever heard was on the glory of the risen, ascended,…
Christ-Haunted George Saunders
In his 2013 article “The Catholic Writer Today,” Dana Gioia argued that the term “Catholic writer” no…
California Threatens the Seal of Confession
On February 20, California Democratic State Senator Jerry Hill, whose affluent, liberal-leaning district encompasses the San Francisco…
Season of Ashes
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we say at funerals. Why? Dust makes sense. Human beings are…
Memorization and Repentance
Memorization is underrated. But it’s understandable that contemporary society puts it down: Why worry about mental storage…
Making Sense of Hell
Eternal damnation has never been a wildly popular doctrine, but it seems to be coming under particular pressure at…
Homecoming
In the mid-1980s, my wife and I were invited to a baptism and to the post-christening reception…
Fr. Rosica, Fraud
Earlier this month, journalists discovered that Fr. Thomas Rosica—an influential and (it was believed) media-savvy Catholic priest—had…
Letters from the Vatican: #4
“Grant, we pray, almighty God, that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast…
