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Wanted: Pastors with Courage

Gerald McDermott

Pastors have many reasons to be afraid in these troubled times. COVID has divided their congregations between…

Paul Mankowski and the Jesuit Vocation

Joseph W. Koterski

News of the passing of a good friend and fellow Jesuit naturally elicits memories and thoughts about…

A Protestant Apocalypse?

Carl R. Trueman

On numerous occasions over the last six months I have heard or seen COVID’s effect on churches…

The Woke Revolution in Australia

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. John Moran discusses Australian wokeness…

Woke Repentance

Carl R. Trueman

The Reformers outlined several marks of the church: the preaching of the Word, the administration of the…

Why We Shouldn’t Watch Cuties

C. C. Pecknold

The movie Cuties, which won coveted prizes at the Sundance Film Festival, is scheduled to air this…

The Catholic Parish Today

Hans Feichtinger

The recent Vatican document on parishes, released by the Congregation for the Clergy, is altogether sensible. It challenges…

The End of the GDP Consensus?

John William O'Sullivan

In 1934 the acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce released a 261-page report that would change the world.…

AI Dystopia

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. David Barnhizer discusses his book…

The Jewish Case Against Abortion

Various

The Jewish Pro-Life Foundation (JPLF) issued the following statement in response to a recent Newsweek article, “The…

The Problem With Online Learning

Mark Bauerlein

The first thing to remember about distance learning via online classes is a practical matter: The tool…

Totalitarian Speech Regimes

John William O'Sullivan

Many conservatives have commented on the new corporate speech regime in recent years. But few have paid…

The Next Pope and Vatican Diplomacy

George Weigel

During a short papal flight from Boston to New York on October 2, 1979, Father Jan Schotte…

The Roberts Court Attempts a Compromise

Mark Movsesian

In the October 2019 Term that ended last week, the Supreme Court decided a handful of cases…

The Way Forward After June Medical

O. Carter Snead

My high school wrestling coach (of blessed memory) had one response whenever wrestlers would complain about injuries,…