So Long, Cardinal Wuerl

by Ed Condon

Despite his record of abuse reform, many will remember Wuerl only for asserting that he never heard a rumor about McCarrick.  Continue Reading »

21 May 2019

The Crisis Continues

by Philip Lawler

Policies are only as reliable as the officials who enforce them.  Continue Reading »

21 May 2019

Thou Art a Priest Forever

by Paul V. Mankowski

James Carroll can point to a diseased and depraved priesthood, but he has no awareness of its healthy state, no comprehension of its authentic purpose. Continue Reading »

20 May 2019

Is Pope Francis a Heretic?

by Thomas Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap.

The fact that Pope Francis articulates his positions in an ambiguous manner makes it almost impossible to accuse him rightly of heresy.  Continue Reading »

7 May 2019

Jesuits and The Catholic Mind

by K. E. Colombini

Despite our concerns about the Jesuits’ orthodoxy today, we must not forget the great Jesuits that deserve to be praised and remembered. Continue Reading »

6 May 2019

Comfort to Predators

by Paul V. Mankowski

In the Closet of the Vatican:  Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by frédéric martel translated by shaun whiteside bloomsbury, 576 pages, $30 The cursus of Frédéric Martel’s work can be expressed quite simply: He takes 576 pages to convince us that the Roman Catholic clergymen who live and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

Faith Amid Corruption

by R. R. Reno

The Catholic Church in the West is full of corruption—financial, sexual, and spiritual. We are forced to face this hard reality, not the least because the weak pontificate of Pope Francis offers so little of substance. The corruption that afflicts us does not arise from overpowering lusts. Our . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

Restauration

by Michel Houellebecq and Geoffroy Lejeune

Michel Houellebecq: Il existe en France, beaucoup d’Américains l’ignorent sans doute, un mouvement pentecôtiste ; j’en ai pris conscience alors que j’habitais, à Paris, près de la Porte de Montreuil - un quartier alors pauvre, avec beaucoup d’immigrés récents. Attiré par . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

Restoration

by Michel Houellebecq and Geoffroy Lejeune

Michel Houellebecq: Many Americans probably don’t know that a Pentecostal movement exists in France. I became aware of it when I was living in Paris near the Porte de Montreuil, at that time a poor neighborhood with a lot of recent immigrants. Drawn by posters, I went to several meetings, some led . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2019

The Living Stones of
Notre-Dame

by Abbé Eric Iborra

The disappearance of Notre-Dame suddenly reveals a need: The world, though distant from the Church, needs the Church.  Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2019