Italy Challenges the
Postwar Order

by Alessandra Bocchi

Italy’s new government represents the most radical challenge yet to the order that has dominated Europe since World War II. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2018

Failing in Formation

by John Thomas Goerke

The enrollment drop in American Catholic schools—from 5.2 million students in the 1960s to 2.5 million in 1990 to today’s 1.8 million—is a plunge of Syrian magnitude. In the last ten years, 1,336 Catholic schools have been either closed or consolidated. Meanwhile, bishops have been . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018

Portals of the Past

by Matthew Schmitz

When the Sight & Sound poll—the oldest and most prestigious film ranking—declared in 2012 that Vertigo was the greatest film ever made, Armond White denounced the film’s admirers for their “obsessive interest in pathology and soullessness.” James Wolcott dismissed the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018

Grace Under Pressure

by George Weigel

The story of Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB, deserves to be better known. Continue Reading »

30 May 2018

The Catholic Novel: A Footnote

by John Wilson

What follows is a historical footnote on the Catholic fiction debate.
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25 May 2018

What Happens in Germany

by Charles J. Chaput

The resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »

23 May 2018

Ireland and the
‘Ensoulment’ Myth

by Catherine Lafferty

Irish abortion proponents have had to construct a parody Church to make the case for their referendum. Continue Reading »

23 May 2018

The View from Here Is Glory

by Daniel Rattelle

Joshua Hren's new collection of stories, This Our Exile, presents an authentically Catholic fiction. Continue Reading »

22 May 2018

If Only Francis Were Luther!

by Carl R. Trueman

Roman Catholics should worry less about Pope Francis's resemblance to Luther and more about his resemblance to Erasmus.  Continue Reading »

21 May 2018

Ring, Catholic Bells!

by Terence Sweeney

Perhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells.  Continue Reading »

17 May 2018