Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Foster Care Fanaticism in Philadelphia
Like all major American cities, the City of Philadelphia contracts with private non-profit organizations to provide foster…
The Benedict Option and Mediating Structures
It has been just over a year since Rod Dreher published The Benedict Option as a prescription…
What Happens in Germany
In The Making of Martin Luther, the Cambridge scholar Richard Rex notes that 1518, not 1517, marks…
Ireland and the ‘Ensoulment’ Myth
On May 25, Irish citizens will vote on a referendum on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment…
Justin Trudeau and the Dictatorship of Relativism
You’ve probably never heard of the Waupoos Family Farm. I hadn’t either, until I met some folks…
A New Story for a New America
Archbishop José H. Gomez delivered the 129th Annual Commencement Address at the Catholic University of America in…
The New Divide in American Politics
In the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something about American politics that astonished him: A divide between…
A Homily to Remember
Surveying a throng of English royalty, political officials, visiting dignitaries, beautified guests, and various celebrities and other…
The View from Here Is Glory
This Our Exile by joshua hren angelico press, 142 pages, $18 What is “Catholic fiction”? Must it…
The Chilean Bishops Crisis
With the mass resignation of 34 Chilean bishops, we have reached the decisive moment of the Francis…
If Only Francis Were Luther!
With the advent of Wim Wenders’s Pope Francis documentary in theaters, the policies of the current pontiff…
The Welby Pontificate
As an Anglican reading Ross Douthat’s To Change the Church, I could not help but notice how…
The Polyglot Politics of Pentecost
At the end of Deuteronomy (ch. 28), Moses describes the blessings Israel will enjoy if she keeps…
The Met’s Defensible Decadence
I guess I’m an outlier among conservative Catholics—but I loved this year’s Met Gala, the $30,000-a-head annual…
Capitalism vs. Tradition in Italy
Last year, Valeria Ferrara chained herself to the front of a Calvin Klein outlet store in Castel…
