Embassy Vatican: Some Demystifications
by George WeigelMust the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See be a Catholic? No. Continue Reading »
Advent from a Prison Cell
by Francis X. MaierIn the time remaining to us in Advent 2024, we can at least choose to use that time well. Read Alfred Delp. Continue Reading »
Why I Am Not Catholic
by Carl R. TruemanThe present pope seems to be nothing more than a liberal Protestant in a white robe. As a Protestant, I am acutely aware of the damage such people do. Continue Reading »
What Conclave Yearns For
by Dan HitchensThe movie loves Latin, Gregorian chant, and princes of the Church being clothed in liturgical robes needing several acolytes to handle them. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis and Catholic Sensitivity to Jews
by Raymond J. de SouzaPope Francis's recent Gaza comments caused widespread distress in Israel and throughout the Jewish diaspora. Continue Reading »
“Luce,” Mascot of Dumbed-Down Catholicism
by George WeigelWe have come a long way from Michelangelo’s extraordinary frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling to “Luce.” Continue Reading »
Get Out of Your Slippers
by Mark BauerleinTwo hundred years from now, will people look back at the twentieth century as an anomaly in the history of faith? Continue Reading »
Can the Ignatius Study Bible Save Biblical Studies?
by John Byron KuhnerChristians have been wrestling with the psalms for centuries. And we shall continue to wrestle with them. Continue Reading »
A Great Christian Witness, Too Little Known in the West
by George WeigelMetropolitan Andrew’s legacy lives on in the vitality of today’s Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. Continue Reading »
The Continuing Scandal of the Vatican’s China Policy
by George WeigelThat the degrading, embarrassing, and evangelically destructive Vatican-China agreement has been renewed is nothing short of scandalous. Continue Reading »
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