Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Gratitude So Burdensome?
Anthony Kronman thinks that Christianity contains the seeds of its own undoing. A “born-again pagan” and former…
Return of the Vocations Crisis
The recovery in priestly vocations seems to be over. Between 1978 and 2012, after the great crisis…
Pope Benedict’s Red Thread
One shouldn’t speak of a “cult of personality” when describing the papal devotional items that are offered…
A Church That Is A Home
Writing in Commonweal, Massimo Faggioli complains that the Catholic Church in America is dominated by converts—including me. Faggioli is a…
Ecumenism, Influence-envy, Etc.
Defending the indefensible is never pretty. Or so we’re reminded by recent attempts from the portside of…
On Being a Lapsed Catholic
I was the first of my family to apostatize, and—since the family ends in me—I must be…
“Sensus Fidei” and Fr. Martin
In a July 14 article, responding to queries about Building a Bridge, his new book on the…
On Blood Moons and Babylonian Whores
The Book of Revelation contains vivid imagery, wild analogies, and rhetoric rife with end-times judgment. John’s enigmatic…
Questions of Competence
It’s a safe bet that 99.95 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics have never heard of…
The Scandal and Allure of the Priesthood
The Catholic Church is a bone in the throat of our secular culture. Of course we’ve all…
Briefly Noted
On the Road to Vatican II: German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Churchby ulrich l. lehnerfortress,…
First Church of Intersectionality
I recently attended an academic conference at the University of Notre Dame called “Intersectional Inquiries and Collaborative…
Letters—Aug/Sept 2017
SCALING UP SOLIDARITY R. R. Reno is sympathetic to nationalism because he sees it as a reaction…
Observe His Prayer
At the outset of Moby Dick, Father Mapple preaches to a congregation of whalers. His text is…
In the Confessional Booth
Some time ago I was in a confessional booth whenThere was a moment I never experienced before…
