Raymond J. de Souza

Prince Philip’s funeral allowed the liturgy to speak powerfully. Continue Reading »

Küng and Ratzinger would represent the two kinds of reformers at and after the council. Continue Reading »

The distinctive Protestant culture of the United States does not emphasize Holy Week or Good Friday, as is customary in Catholic cultures. Continue Reading »

Even for spoiled royals, a wedding is emphatically not a private matter. Continue Reading »

The task for the human fraternity project of Pope Francis might be best understood as re-tracing the path from Cain and Abel to Joseph and his brothers. Continue Reading »

Father Ignatius and Harry found, across the centuries, that their lives would not be determined by the accidents of birth. Continue Reading »

Trump understood better than the Republican establishment he replaced that judicial appointments are of supreme importance to pro-life and religious liberty voters. Continue Reading »

It may be that Fratelli Tutti opposes the use of force in international relations altogether; it’s a question in need of further explication. Continue Reading »

Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time. Continue Reading »

Good and evil are so intertwined that sometimes it is hard to recognize which is which. Continue Reading »