Theology
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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…
What Happens in Germany
In The Making of Martin Luther, the Cambridge scholar Richard Rex notes that 1518, not 1517, marks…
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…
The Holy See, China, and Evangelization
In a recent interview, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, suggested that certain…
Pope Paul Said No
In September 1988, just five months before his death, Fr. John Ford, SJ revealed a conversation he had had…
Andy Stanley’s Modern Marcionism
Walk into one of the old Episcopal churches on the East Coast, and once your eye has…
Versions of Paul
The mostly Baptist congregations in which I grew up included only a handful of academically trained biblical…
