Humble John Henry Newman
by Carl R. TruemanFor all of his intellectual brilliance, John Henry Newman had a humble concern for ordinary people. Continue Reading »
Two False Newmans
by Matthew SchmitzOn October 13, Pope Francis will declare John Henry Newman a saint. Catholics from around the world will crowd St. Peter’s Square to see the greatest religious thinker of Victorian England raised to the altars. Amid the joy and apparent concord of that day, there will be at least two . . . . Continue Reading »
Newman at the Amazon Synod
by Dan HitchensA spectre is haunting the preparations for next month’s Amazon Synod: the spectre of John Henry Newman. Continue Reading »
Newman’s University Today
by Avery Cardinal DullesCardinal Dulles’s address to the Cardinal Newman Society on November 11, 2001, in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading »
Cardinal Newman’s Canonization
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Ryan Marr on John Henry Newman. Continue Reading »
A False Paradigm
by Michael HanbySo much for the “new paradigm.” With the Church now mired in its most severe crisis since the Protestant Reformation, the heady talk of last spring now seems as distant as the “Catholic moment” or the “springtime of evangelization.” Rightly or wrongly, the idea of a gauzy mercy without . . . . Continue Reading »
On Hot Takes and Hohenstaufen Emperors
by Junior FellowsThe junior fellows reflect on Ernst Kantorowicz's Frederick the Second and Newman's views on journalism. Continue Reading »
Learning from the White Rose
by George WeigelSeventy-five years ago, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christian Probst were executed for opposing Hitler’s Third Reich. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousDEADLY DESERTS Paul Griffiths’s sneering review of our book, By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed (“Against Capital Punishment,” December 2017), illustrates how much bile—and how little charity—is often to be found in those who speak the loudest of mercy and humanity. Griffiths suggests . . . . Continue Reading »
Four Ideas About Development
by Michael PakalukDevelopment of doctrine is not itself a doctrine, but a theory, and there are several such theories. Continue Reading »
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