Religion

Takeaways from Oral Argument in Dobbs

The reasoning of jurisprudence is essentially beside the point. For reasons of their own, the judges will do what they wish to do. Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2021

Books for Christmas 2021

by George Weigel

George Weigel recommends books for your Christmas shopping list. Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

On a single weekend in June 2021, seven people died of drug overdoses in Rochester, New York. On that Saturday morning, three adults were found dead on a front porch on a quiet, residential street. Inside the house were six orphaned children. Lab tests showed that the lethal agent was heroin laced . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

Redeeming Giving Tuesday

by Carter Skeel

Giving Tuesday is a project with admirable intentions. But its vision is not the Christian vision of charity. Continue Reading »

30 Nov 2021

Systemic Evil and the Justice of Advent

by Peter J. Leithart

Advent announces the coming of the Lord who breaks the arms of the sex traffickers, the drug lords, the arms dealers, and all their respectable collaborators. Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2021

The History of National Flags in Churches

by Miles Smith

A national flag in a church is not a sign of idolatry, but a reminder to the faithful to remember the specific magistrate we pray for. Continue Reading »

24 Nov 2021

Inclusivity at Notre Dame

by W. Joseph DeReuil

If the university meets the next generation of students at the door with the contradictions and false premises of woke “inclusivity,” how will they learn to pursue goodness and truth? Continue Reading »

23 Nov 2021

An Open Letter to the Students of Archbishop Riordan High School

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

The archbishop of San Francisco addresses a group of Catholic high school students on the necessity of fighting the culture of death. Continue Reading »

19 Nov 2021

Too Blind to Be Martyred

by Hans Boersma

Obsessive cultural fear of physical suffering and death has blinded and immobilized us, like prisoners staring at the end of the cave. Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2021

Queering Veterans Day

by Carl R. Trueman

Not every student at a Catholic university needs to be a faithful Catholic, but the institution itself absolutely must be. Continue Reading »