In 1967, Anthony Burgess, author of “A Clockwork Orange,” described the pain of being an apostate: “It is with no indifferent eye that I view the flood of worshippers pouring into the Catholic church...I want to be one of them, but wanting is not enough.” Continue Reading »
Allen Tate: The Modern Mind and the Discovery of Enduring Loveby john v. glass iiithe catholic university of america, 376 pages, $59.95 I well remember sitting up half the night annotating Allen Tate’s “Ode to the Confederate Dead” in my Norton anthology. As do I remember reading for the first . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Road to Vatican II: German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Churchby ulrich l. lehnerfortress, 414 pages, $49 On the Road to Vatican II focuses on German and Austrian theological debates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as examples of the Catholic Enlightenment. Historians . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a many faults as a Catholic, but having become one is surely one of the few points in my favor. Continue Reading »
The key to our school's growth is this: We proudly adhere to a distinctive mission. Continue Reading »
Misconceptions abound on the relationship of Nazism and Christianity. Continue Reading »
Father X’s insistence on turning parts of the Mass into the children’s hour bespeaks several problems. Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court's longstanding indifference to the religious prejudice of the Blaine Amendments will soon be put to the test. Continue Reading »
When American bishops of the Catholic Church meet next week, the Church's obligation to regulate marriage may be up for debate.
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Four years into Francis's pontificate, promised reform efforts remain unimpressive.
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