Theology

Some biblical scholars consider the Book of Deuteronomy to be a collection of sermons: catechetical homilies on…

Earlier this summer, I led the first pilgrimage from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to the Basilica…

As America’s troubles intensify, and anger and violence spread, it’s essential for people of good will, especially those…

For much of the past century, theologians have busied themselves reconceiving the doctrine of the Trinity. Taking…

In AD 866, Pope St. Nicholas I condemned the use of torture for extracting confessions as a…

In postwar Britain, the Butler Education Act (1944) required all schools to teach religious education and to…

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I fell asleep at your book talk . . . …

Detroit hasn’t gotten a lot of good press in recent decades, as it’s struggled to cope with…

Two years after its release, this still photo, taken from an ISIS propaganda video, remains as haunting as…

I was initially perplexed by the recent dust-up over converts in the Catholic commentariat. It seemed an…

Anthony Kronman thinks that Christianity contains the seeds of its own undoing. A “born-again pagan” and former…

The recovery in priestly vocations seems to be over. Between 1978 and 2012, after the great crisis…

One shouldn’t speak of a “cult of personality” when describing the papal devotional items that are offered…

Writing in Commonweal, Massimo Faggioli complains that the Catholic Church in America is dominated by converts—including me. Faggioli is a…

Defending the indefensible is never pretty. Or so we’re reminded by recent attempts from the portside of…