The Catholic Church in America has both shadows and light, but the ministries of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, Word on Fire, consecrated life, and others show that it is far from being a wasteland. Continue Reading »
The Baron de Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws (1748) has been among the most influential modern political treatises, not least in the United States. Montesquieu’s discussion of the “separation of powers” proved crucial for James Madison’s own constructive thinking about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Nicodemus learns two lessons—the two things that make up the content of Christian catechesis: earthly things and heavenly things. Continue Reading »
It is one thing to talk about the Resurrection. It is quite another to see the Easter fire struck in the night, the candle lit, the light of Christ filling the tomblike darkness of the waiting church. As a Catholic, I live and relive that liturgy every year; every year it astonishes me as no amount . . . . Continue Reading »
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