Theology isn’t Math; but it is Theology

by George Weigel

There are many ways of doing theology, and not all of them are strictly syllogistic; But if theology decays into illogical forms of Newspeak, it is false to itself. Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2017

Luther's Continuing Relevance

by Mark Movsesian

In the secular world, Luther has come to stand for the overthrow of traditional authority in favor of individual subjectivity. Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2017

Praying for Christian Unity

by Timothy George

The quest for Christian unity is a call to a new life, to lifelong metanoia, and to conversion in the deepest sense. Prayer is essential in every step of this process. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2017

Fr. Spadaro’s Math

by Carlo Lancellotti

Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, tweets that, “Theology is not #Mathematics. 2 + 2 in #Theology can make 5. Because it has to do with #God and real #life of #people.” Whence the desire to separate God from the unchanging truth of math? Continue Reading »

19 Jan 2017

Remembering Kevin Starr, Catholic Historian

by Stephen Schwartz

For most of his career, Starr viewed the California experiment benevolently, as a phenomenon balanced between utopia and reason. But he was an intense Catholic believer who seems finally to have despaired of California’s grandiloquent and heartbreaking destiny. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2017

A Response to the Bishops of Malta

by Luma Simms

At the heart of what these bishops and others have called a “merciful” path is a frenzied desire for happiness and for the avoidance of pain and suffering, supposing that these people have suffered enough. This stands in direct contrast to the Scriptures, the Fathers, and the saints, whose premise is that suffering is not something to be avoided at all costs—one can learn to live through it. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2017

Fake History

by George Weigel

Everyone has a right to their opinion about the state of Catholicism in 2017, but no one has a right to invent their own Church history. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2017

Nat Hentoff: One of a Kind

by William Doino Jr.

Nat Hentoff's lived a full life writing not only about jazz, but about the principles of a free society. Those topics may seem incongruous, but for Hentoff they were always interrelated. Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2017

The Politics of Answered Prayer

by Peter J. Leithart

Will believers be freer to be believers under Trump than they have been for the past twenty-five years? Continue Reading »

13 Jan 2017

Moments of Chosen Light

by William Dailey

This faith that enables us to look past darkness to light, even if now only dimly, is the faith in which John Montague was formed. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2017