An Open Letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx

by George Weigel

The German Church will not be revitalized by becoming a simulacrum of liberal Protestantism. Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2019

Christ-Haunted George Saunders

by Joshua Hren

Though George Saunders may have formally left the Church, its forms didn’t leave him. Continue Reading »

25 Mar 2019

A Tale of Two Georges

by George Weigel

Even if Pell’s appeal is successful, the assault on the Church and its leaders will continue.  Continue Reading »

20 Mar 2019

California Threatens the Seal of Confession

by Charlotte Allen

California State Senator Jerry Hill has introduced a bill to abolish legal protection for the seal of confession. Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2019

The Holy See and Cardinal Pell

by George Weigel

 The Australian justice system has thus far failed one of Australia’s most distinguished sons. Continue Reading »

13 Mar 2019

Our Dreyfus Case

by George Weigel

The conviction of Cardinal George Pell on charges of “historic sexual abuse” is this generation’s Dreyfus Affair. Continue Reading »

6 Mar 2019

Julien Green’s Vatican II

by Paul Dean

Several years ago, I came across some odd volumes of the journal of Julien Green in a Paris secondhand shop. I had never heard of him, but a few minutes’ browsing convinced me not only to buy the books but to track down the others—which proved to be nineteen volumes­ ­altogether. (Even . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Letters

by Various

Lay Leadership Citing mass disenfranchisement in a “papal-episcopal oligarchy,” ­Bronwen McShea (“Bishops Unbound,” January) argues for institutional representation of “entire classes of lay and clerical members of the Church” currently “at the mercy of episcopal authority.” She . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Sentimental Frenzy

by Matthew Schmitz

On the basis of a sixty-second clip, thousands of prominent Americans rushed to denounce the students of Covington Catholic High School. The students’ alleged crime was mobbing an American Indian activist named Nathan Phillips while wearing “Make America Great Again” caps. Respectable people . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019

Letter to an Aspiring Priest

by Thomas Joseph White

I’m grateful to you for getting in touch. Many people today would no doubt think you are strange for considering the priesthood, given the cloud that hangs over the Church. Others might congratulate you for heroism. Actually, both reactions are excessive. For a Catholic young man who is fervent in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2019