Why We Stay, and the Viganò Testimony

by George Weigel

Archbishop Viganò's testimony deserves to be taken seriously, not peremptorily dismissed or ignored. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2018

What Francis Knew

by Philip Lawler

Viganò's letter implicates Pope Francis in the very behavior he denounced while in Ireland. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2018

Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?

by Gabriel Rossman

Sigrid Undset's Kristen Lavransdatter sheds light on the current crisis in the Catholic Church. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2018

Unconvincing Triumphalism

by Carl R. Trueman

When it comes to the sexual revolution, yes: In Catholic teaching you may have told us so.  But in your actions, you have not shown us a better way. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2018

The Mystery Parenthesis

by John Waters

Irish culture no longer supports any intelligence of the transcendent. Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2018

Lo, I Am With You Always

by John Schwenkler

I can no longer comfort myself with an argument I used to find convincing: that the Church has always been filled with sin Continue Reading »

21 Aug 2018

A Crisis of Infidelity

by Robert P. George

Infidelity—literally the lack of faith—is at the heart of recent scandals in the Catholic Church. Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2018

The End of the Imperial Episcopate

by Jay Scott Newman

Everything that is of Imperium rather than Evangelium needs to go.  Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2018

Why Men Like Me Should
Not Be Priests

by Daniel Mattson

Because the sex scandals of the Church are overwhelmingly homosexual, the Church can no longer risk ordaining men with homosexual inclinations in the hopes that those inclinations turn out to be transitory.  Continue Reading »

17 Aug 2018

Cleansing the Church of Clerical Sacrilege

by Dominic Legge, O.P.

Focusing on sacrilege is important because it helps us remember that we are dealing with something holy: the holiness of the priesthood, of the episcopacy, and of the Church. Continue Reading »

16 Aug 2018