The Editors

In today’s first On the Square feature, David G. Bonagura, Jr. notes the recent reactions to Pope Benedict XVI and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad : Within only a few hours on September 22, Pope Benedict XVI and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave major addresses in front of two . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Peter J. Leithart explains why scientific answers are the only valid answers: Accommodation is a big deal, I think. But the cultural stakes in Galileo’s letter were far bigger. His letter stood at the crossroads of two worlds, not only on the question of . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s On the Square feature, Geoffrey M. Vaughan considers how American Catholics will respond to the new translation of the Order of the Mass : There will certainly be challenges with the new translation for everyone. For instance, “And with your spirit” is not idiomatic, nor . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter offers a very brief theology of new media culture: One of the areas that I think about most is online media and how Christians can use them to influence the production, consumption, and redemption of culture. The first step in developing a theology of . . . . Continue Reading »

In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia laments the government’s attempts to reshape the notion of rights and entitlements: A big story getting barely any press outside of Catholic media is that the government is getting ready to press ahead with policies intended—note the . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , R.R. Reno shares his reflections on the Jewish High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah began last Thursday evening. For Jews, this two-day holiday celebrates the beginning of a new year, evoking the creation of the world and the dawn of time. It is a holiday of new . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Russell E. Saltzman explains how to give a sermon to children: Liturgical purists hate them, children’s sermons. I have a friend in New York who positively sneers whenever I mention that, yes, I do children’s sermons. He doesn’t like red . . . . Continue Reading »

In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter explains the importance of thinking morally about reproductive technologies: From the time of Adam and Eve until the late 1970s, there was—with one notable exception—only one way to make a baby: the sexual bonding of a man and a woman. That . . . . Continue Reading »

In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia discusses baseball and other things that’ll break your heart: Baseball fans understand each other’s afflictions. We could laugh in that moment, because our team was winning, but we recognized all too well the sound of anguish . . . . Continue Reading »

In the latest On the Square feature , William Doino Jr. reviews John Julius Norwich Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy : As one reads on, it becomes clear that Absolute Monarchs has no real interest in the popes, other than to mock or marginalize them, and rob them of their saving grace: . . . . Continue Reading »