A Call to Arms

by Matthew Schmitz

Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah have published a book that eloquently defends priestly celibacy.  Continue Reading »

13 Jan 2020

The Martini Curve Revisited

by George Weigel

The local Churches that have tried hardest to play catch-up with “history” and “the times” are collapsing. Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2020

New Year’s Resolutions for Concerned Catholics: A Few Suggestions

by George Weigel

Suggested resolutions that might help us all deal with the year ahead in faith, hope, and charity. Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

The Individualist

by Dan Hitchens

On February 2, 2018, seven members of a group called Bristol Antifascists assembled outside a lecture hall at the University of the West of England in Bristol. They donned balaclavas or dark glasses, according to taste, and entered through the double doors at the back of the hall. “No platform for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

Islam Made Me Christian

by Alessandra Bocchi

I grew up in northern Italy, in a Catholic household. For us, as for many Italian families, being Catholic was a matter of tradition rather than of faith. When I was young, I attended catechism in Milan, received my sacraments, and believed in God. But my parents did not teach me to practice a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

Hawthorne’s Daughter

by Patricia Snow

In 1891, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of the novelist ­Nathaniel Hawthorne, was received into the Catholic Church. She was forty years old. Within a few years of her conversion she conceived a heroic ministry to destitute cancer patients at a time when cancer was believed to be contagious. She . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

The World Will Whimper

by John Duggan

Catholic Ireland, as we knew it, has fallen. Continue Reading »

27 Dec 2019

Rust Belt Catholics

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Charles McElwee joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the decline of Catholicism in struggling Rust Belt communities—and attempts to revive Rust Belt parishes. Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2019

America As a Catholic Country

by James Matthew Wilson

Ours is a Catholic country, not because of what we have done there, but because there has been prepared a place for God to do something. Continue Reading »

10 Dec 2019

A Last Chance for Australian Justice

by George Weigel

The highest judicial authority in Australia will review the Cardinal George Pell case in 2020.  Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2019