Theology
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The Civil Marriage Business
In his 2015 Erasmus Lecture, Archbishop Charles Chaput called on America’s bishops to reconsider the Church’s role…
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well…
Waiting for Vatican Reform
Pope Francis raised great expectations when, on April 13, 2013, one month after being elected to Peter’s…
The Universal Russian Soul
Russia is turning inward. As the fabric of purpose and identity seems to fray among Western nations,…
Alvin Plantinga’s Masterful Achievement
When Alvin Plantinga was awarded this year’s Templeton Prize, he joined a host of other prominent winners, including Mother…
Samson’s Spirituality
Samson is the most Spiritual man in the Old Testament, the most Pentecostal of Israel’s heroes. Given…
Pope Francis’s Dichotomies
The Roots of Pope Francis’s Social and Political Thought:From Argentina to the Vaticanthomas r. rourkerowman and littlefield,…
Watching George Pell
Cardinal George Pell, emeritus Archbishop of Sydney and now resident in Rome, is Australia’s most senior prelate.…
I Like It at Home
“All my brothers went West and took up land, but I hung on to New England and…
Babel and Brexit
Why did God disperse the men who built the Tower of Babel? The ancient rabbinic texts uncovered…
The Age of Concentration
Many regard Russia as backward, lagging behind the West. This is not so. Our shared civilization is…
Dress Up
For quite a few years now, academic philosophers and sociologists, as well as popular social commentators who…
Thanks for Everything, Pope Francis
When my wife, Elizabeth, and I were married a quarter century or so ago, she was a…
The Last Great Homilist
Ronald Knox:A Man for All Seasonsedited by francesca bugliani knoxpontifical institute of medieval studies, 416 pages, $65…
Twenty-First-Century Conservatism
There are times when one reads something that provides a moment of sudden illumination. I had that…