Religion

The Typographical Reformation

Protestantism was the first religious movement to take full advantage of the new powers of the press. Continue Reading »

20 Feb 2017

Still Waking Up

by Samuel D. James

If in truth we find human dignity, then the reverse is also true: Where truth is cast aside, so also is human dignity. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2017

This business of signing the inside covers of books is both charming and macabre. People die; books live forever. Scrawling on a flyleaf is a down payment on immortality. Think of me, it says. Memento mori. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2017

The Dangers of Half-Truths

by Michael Pakaluk

There are statements in Amoris Laetitia which, although they admit of a true interpretation, more easily suggest a false one, and are likely to be used to subvert the teachings of the Church. Continue Reading »

17 Feb 2017

No Authority Over Divine Law

by J. D. Flynn

The norms for abstention on St. Patrick’s Day provide an important insight into the ongoing divide over Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2017

Paul, Apollos, and Cephas, all Over Again

by George Weigel

We are living, today, the crisis of division that caused St. Paul such grief. And as the Church is universal, so is the crisis. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2017

The Peace Treaty

by R. R. Reno

When we pledge our faithfulness to another on our wedding day, we’re mocking the changeableness of life, saying that we trust in the covenant of marriage to transcend the weakness of our flesh, the fickleness of our passions, and the fragility of our egos. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2017

Saint Valentine, Martyr

by C. C. Pecknold

Whatever one thinks about the day that bears his name—so unjustly desacralized, in my opinion—it seems fitting that this day still retains a memory of a love which is hidden. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2017