Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
A Plenteous Seed of Witnesses
On July 1, 1523, two Augustinian monks were burnt at the stake in Brussels for adhering to…
Whose Synodality?
There’s been some noise of late over the final document coming out of the Catholic bishops’ Synod…
Roots of Catholic Anger
After a month out of the country, working in Rome at Synod-2018 and helping mark the fortieth…
Against Inevitable Adultery
Human beings are amazingly resilient—but there are times when something inside buckles, and a person comes to…
Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye
Last week, twenty-one years after its initial publication, Joshua Harris officially denounced and discontinued publication of his…
We Shall Meet
Nature bestows a great gift on those who dwell in the Northern hemisphere: The seasons conveniently align…
Death at Tree of Life
On Saturday, October 27, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers shot eleven Jews dead and wounded nine at Pittsburgh’s…
Courage in the Gayborhood
Out at Saint Paul’s, one of Manhattan’s most vibrant LGBT Catholic organizations, meets at the Church of…
Mary Among Evangelicals
When I was three years old, I asked my pregnant mother whether Jesus could come into me…
The Banality of Evil
“Evil is ‘thought-defying,’ because thought tries to reach some depth, to go to the roots, and the moment…
Reclaiming the Household
The decline of the family has roots in the demise of the household. While the two realities…
Letters
Geoffrey Hill Like Garrick Davis (“Geoffrey Hill, Prodigal,” August/September), I too had the fortune of having Geoffrey…
Votive
Saint Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal.Between the crypt and dark magmatic rockof the mountain’s flank, along a blue-domed hallone…
Briefly Noted
On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Booksby karen swallow priorbrazos, 272 pages, $19.99 In…
Common Good Conservatism
Countless commentators have observed that the public square is polarized. Political speech has become barbed. The once…
