Theology

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Foster Care Fanaticism in Philadelphia

Darel E. Paul

Like all major American cities, the City of Philadelphia contracts with private non-profit organizations to provide foster…

The Benedict Option and Mediating Structures

Dale M. Coulter

It has been just over a year since Rod Dreher published The Benedict Option as a prescription…

What Happens in Germany

Charles J. Chaput

In The Making of Martin Luther, the Cambridge scholar Richard Rex notes that 1518, not 1517, marks…

Ireland and the ‘Ensoulment’ Myth

Catherine Lafferty

On May 25, Irish citizens will vote on a referendum on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment…

Justin Trudeau and the Dictatorship of Relativism

George Weigel

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

Jose Gomez

Archbishop José H. Gomez delivered the 129th Annual Commencement Address at the Catholic University of America in…

The New Divide in American Politics

Mark Movsesian

In the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something about American politics that astonished him: A divide between…

A Homily to Remember

Wesley Hill

Surveying a throng of English royalty, political officials, visiting dignitaries, beautified guests, and various celebrities and other…

The View from Here Is Glory

Daniel Rattelle

This Our Exile by joshua hren angelico press, 142 pages, $18 What is “Catholic fiction”? Must it…

The Chilean Bishops Crisis

Philip Lawler

With the mass resignation of 34 Chilean bishops, we have reached the decisive moment of the Francis…

If Only Francis Were Luther!

Carl R. Trueman

With the advent of Wim Wenders’s Pope Francis documentary in theaters, the policies of the current pontiff…

The Welby Pontificate

Stephen Noll

As an Anglican reading Ross Douthat’s To Change the Church, I could not help but notice how…

The Polyglot Politics of Pentecost

Peter J. Leithart

At the end of Deuteronomy (ch. 28), Moses describes the blessings Israel will enjoy if she keeps…

The Met’s Defensible Decadence

Charlotte Allen

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

Alessandra Bocchi

Last year, Valeria Ferrara chained herself to the front of a Calvin Klein outlet store in Castel…