Vows Broken

by Anna Bonta Moreland

The clergy as a corporate body has acted like an unfaithful spouse. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2020 0

Devout Catholics and Secular Progressives

by Robert P. George

If secular progressives can identify as “devout Catholics,” then surely I can identify as a “secular progressive.” Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2020 0

Rediscovering the Reality of the Eucharist

by George Weigel

Teaching the truth of the Eucharist is a task for this moment, turning plague time into a time of renewed faith in the wonder of what we are offered in holy communion.  Continue Reading »

12 Aug 2020 0

AM[D]G

by George Weigel

Jesuit secondary education is unlikely to produce leaders if its self-presentation brackets God. Continue Reading »

5 Aug 2020 0

Balderdash on the Tiber

by George Weigel

The John Paul II Institute has been hijacked by a new pack of Vandals conducting a new sack of Rome. Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2019 0

Cardinal Pell, Scapegoat

by Matthew Schmitz

The conviction of Cardinal George Pell is an outrage—the case against him could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Continue Reading »

21 Aug 2019 0

Burying Benedict

by Matthew Schmitz

Though Benedict is still living, Francis is trying to bury him. Continue Reading »

22 May 2017 0

Spotlight on the Vulnerable

by Philip Lawler

Any major American newspaper would immediately fire a reporter who was caught using composite characters or inventing quotations for his stories. Hollywood naturally plays by different rules. A film “based on” a true story is considered acceptable; “recreated” dialogue is the norm. We expect . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2016 0

An Epistolary Romp through Catholicism

by George Weigel

In 2003, Elizabeth Maguire, publisher of Basic Books, made a proposal: I should write Letters to a Young Catholic as part of a series she was doing that included volumes like Letters to a Young Contrarian, Letters to a Young Chef, Letters to a Young Golfer, Letters to a Young Lawyer, and so forth. . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2015 0

Catholicism Unriddled

by Russell E. Saltzman

I first read Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Riddle of Roman Catholicism: Its History, Its Beliefs, Its Future (1959) while doing my pastoral residency in Detroit, 1978–79. I just finished it for the second time. It is still a book with value. Pelikan says one thing in particular that struck me: Any . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2015 0