Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Danny Kruger’s Christian Humanism
While the U.S. was reeling from the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, across the Atlantic…
Politics for Losers
In a 2002 essay, Christopher Caldwell—perhaps the premier conservative journalist intellectual writing today—paid a memorable compliment to…
A Time for Hatred?
For two weeks, two icons of horrific violence have dominated the news: the August 22 murder of…
Carlo Acutis’s Simple Faith
I write these words on pilgrimage in the beautiful Italian town of Assisi, home to Sts. Francis,…
Charlie Kirk’s Impact on Young America
I met Charlie Kirk once at a Turning Point event I helped organize, which brought him and…
Dare to Be a Dobson
Jerry Falwell. R. C. Sproul. John MacArthur. And now James Dobson. Over the last twenty years, death…
Paul Against the Jews?
The writings of the apostle Paul have confused many. Even his fellow apostle St. Peter wrote that…
The Torchbearer of Thomism
On August 28, the French Dominican theologian Jean-Pierre Torrell (1927–2025) died at age ninety-eight in Fribourg, Switzerland.…
Quebec’s War on Public Faith
When French explorers arrived on the shores of what would come to be called New France 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…
Do Christians Even Care About the Ten Commandments Anymore?
Predictably, the recent proposed Texas and Louisiana laws that would require public school classrooms to display the…
Clapping Trees and Other Biological Wonders
Two books on plant evolution, both alternately nutty and brilliant, were recently published. The subtitle of Robert…
Immigration Policy Is Hurting Rural Catholic Ministry
I love rural America. That love began in my formative years in Minnesota—working on a hog farm,…
Western Muslims for Public Christianity
In Europe, barely a week goes by without news of another public or private institution ridding itself…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
