The Rhine Breaches the Tiber

by Raymond J. de Souza

Küng and Ratzinger would represent the two kinds of reformers at and after the council. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2021

The Art of Admiration

by Daniel J. Mahoney

In Not Forgotten, Weigel splendidly recovers the art of admiration, with a few warnings of what to avoid thrown into the mix. Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2021

Ethics of Leadership and Ethics of Teaching

by Kevin L. Flannery

John Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

Gnostic Politics

by R. R. Reno

I recently met a medical student who was beginning her rotation in internal medicine. A special morning session had been set aside to discuss proper protocols for interacting with patients. The person leading the discussion came from the hospital’s office of diversity and inclusion. She emphasized . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

My Adorable Jesus

by Terence Sweeney

Liguori helps us practice being devout even if we rarely are. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2021

Reclaiming the Catholic University

by Bryan Kerns

To reclaim the distinctiveness of the Catholic university, we must be intentional about developing the “atmospheric culture” of a place like Oxford in the 14th century. Continue Reading »

9 Mar 2021

Dark Greene

by Dan Hitchens

Readers of Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene may finish the book with a sense of relief. That isn’t the fault of the biographer Richard Greene (no relation), who has done an impressive job of tying together the many strands of the novelist’s life. It’s just that . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2021

Somebody Needs To Be Dad

by Francis X. Maier

The extraordinary fact of Catholic life in the United States is not the few bishops who humiliate us so bitterly, but the many who do the job so well. Continue Reading »

22 Feb 2021

Bluegrass and the Bible

by Brandon McGinley

Living on the Other Side is the Church at her best, giving up none of her authenticity while carefully and lovingly embracing this culture, this place, these people. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2021

When Campion Met Miss Anscombe

by John Haldane

Edmund Campion (1540–81) and Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001) were among the most brilliant of their generations of Oxford students: he at St. John’s College, she at St. Hugh’s. Later, each held fellowships in the university and delivered sermons in the university church of St. Mary the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2021