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He Died with a Microphone in His Hand

Robert Barron

Why has the murder of Charlie Kirk resonated so powerfully through the culture? Is it because he was cut down so brutally in his prime? That he left behind...

Francis in Full

Robert Barron

By common consensus, Jorge ยญMario Cardinal Bergoglio won the papacy by means of an intervention he made at one of the General Congregations preceding the conclave of 2013...

Itโ€™s Always Open Season on Christianity

Robert Barron

As surely as the swallows return each spring to Capistrano, so the elite media can be counted on to write pieces debunking Christianity precisely at the holiest time in...

Nature Is Our Sister, Not Our Mother

Robert Barron

Just a few weeks ago, I spoke at the annual convention of the G. K. Chesterton Society. The theme of the conference was St. Francis, since this year marks...

Evangelizing the Nones

Robert Barron

By far the fastest-growing โ€œreligiousโ€ group in the United States is the โ€œnones,โ€ that is, those who claim no religious affiliation. In the latest Pew Research Center survey, fully...

โ€‹Forgiving Dylann Roof

Robert Barron

On the evening of June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, twenty-one at the time, casually joined a group of African Americans gathered peacefully at the Emmanuel African ยญMethodist Episcopal Church...

Bridging a False Divide

Robert Barron

Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the Old Testament, sidled over to me at a faculty party and asked, โ€œWhat are you working on?โ€ I...