Dan Hitchens

Conversion stories remind us that God understands us better than we understand ourselves.  Continue Reading »

Stephen Walford's Pope Francis, the Family and Divorce: In Defense of Truth and Mercy experiments with the idea that it is excessive to ask divorced-and-remarried couples to choose between receiving the Eucharist and having sex. Continue Reading »

If we can’t find a word to describe our situation, we have scarcely begun to understand it. Continue Reading »

The papacy does not depend on the qualities of the men who take office. Continue Reading »

The unfinished memoirs of Dietrich von Hildebrand and Sebastian Haffner should be a warning to us not to make any thoughtless Nazi comparisons. Continue Reading »

The idea of intrinsic evil may look harsh and punitive. But to those struggling to stay afloat, it can be a lifeline. Continue Reading »

It was refreshing that this year’s England team looked nothing like superstars. Continue Reading »

John Matusiak's Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero is perceptive, but Christ's heart is missing from the narrative. Continue Reading »

Having once put such hopes in Burma, the world has lost interest. Continue Reading »

As the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae approaches, we should resist the temptation to see the encyclical as the standalone work of a trailblazing pope.  Continue Reading »