Discernment Über Alles

by Hans Feichtinger

German bishops have announced that, in the future, non-Catholics attending Mass with their Catholic spouses could be admitted to communion. Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2018

Dynamics of Disembodiment

by Junior Fellows

The junior fellows reflect on Lenten themes in Sophocles and Babette's Feast. Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2018

Humility and the Host

by Fr. George W. Rutler

The practice of receiving communion in the hand often engenders disrespect for and indifference to the Host. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

The Anti-Christian Alt-Right

by Matthew Rose

As you may know, many young conservatives have left Christianity,” the message begins. “Although I was raised Catholic, I too am leaving Catholicism, as I believe it is no longer a healthy religion.” The young man’s name is Dan, and he explains why he is apostatizing. “The Church has . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Believe, That You May Understand

by Charles J. Chaput

In 1970, Michael Polanyi wrote an essay called “Why Did We Destroy Europe?” In it, he reflected on the cancerous spread of ideologies and war in the twentieth century. He argued that scientific rationalism had initially “been a major influence towards intellectual, moral and social . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

End-Times Anxiety

by R. R. Reno

An atmosphere of crisis envelops us. Political commentary has become hysterical, not just on clickbait Internet platforms, but also in prestige journals and newspapers. Authoritarian, fascist, neo-Nazi, white nationalist, neo-Bolshevik—these terms are being used liberally today. After penning . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Political Supersessionism

by Robert Benne

Last spring I attended a conference at the newly established St. Olaf Institute for Freedom and Community, which is dedicated to “free inquiry and meaningful debate of important political and social issues.” The institute invited four professors to talk about religious conflict: a well-known . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Ecumenical Incorrectness

by Mats Wahlberg

Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformationby kenneth j. collins and jerry l. wallsbaker, 464 pages, $34.99 Controversial theology—so popular during the Reformation—has long been out of vogue in the academy. Ecumenical correctness and norms of scholarly . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Not Power But Glory

by Shalom Carmy

Jews and Christians alike pledge a higher loyalty that they honor in ways that seem incomprehensible to the world.” So writes Fr. Romanus Cessario in “Non Possumus” (February). As an example of such incomprehensible devotion, he cites the kidnapping of the child Edgardo Mortara in 1858. The . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Briefly Noted

by Andrew M. Lang

With God in America: The Spiritual Legacy of an Unlikely Jesuit by walter j. ciszek, s.j. loyola, 264 pages, $19.95 With God in America completes the triptych of the legendary Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., an American missionary priest who endured twenty-three years in the Soviet Gulag. While the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018