Does French Culture Have a Future?

by Pierre Manent

The French are exhausted, but they are first of all perplexed, lost. Things were not supposed to happen this way. Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2016 0

Catholics Must Resist Ethno-Nationalism

by Brandon McGinley

The rightful place of the Catholic is always alongside the poor, the marginalized, the excluded—all the more so because Catholics have traditionally been overrepresented among the poor, the marginalized, and the excluded in American society. Continue Reading »

28 Jul 2016 0

Against Moral Complexity

by Mene Ukueberuwa

When it comes to the end of life, “moral complexity” tempts us to recast our tendency to shrink from commitment to the truth as a kind of sophistication. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2016 0

If the Church Were a Haven

by Wesley Hill

Reflections on Orlando and Obergefell. Continue Reading »

27 Jun 2016 0

The Pope and the SSPX: Is Reconciliation Near?

by William Doino Jr.

Of all the initiatives taken by Pope Francis, the most surprising is his latest effort to reconcile with Traditionalist Catholics—especially given their relentless criticisms of him as a progressive and even a “Modernist.” But the Pope has a generous heart. In 2013, Francis gave a surprise . . . . Continue Reading »

26 May 2016 0

Good Catholics, Good Citizens

by George Weigel

The Catholic love affair with the United States of America is heading into rough and uncharted waters—and not only in this 2016 election cycle, but for the foreseeable future. U.S. Catholics have, in a sense, been there and done that, given that the history of the Church in this country includes . . . . Continue Reading »

4 May 2016 0

The Catholic Enlightenment: Yesterday and Today

by William Doino Jr.

When the eminent historian Peter Gay wrote The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism in the 1960’s, he summed up its view of Christianity this way:Christianity claimed to bring light, hope, and truth, but its central myth was incredible, its dogma a conflation of rustic superstitions, its . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2016 0

Awakenings

by Charles J. Chaput

The archbishop of Philadelphia speaks on living as a believer in the nation we have now.

22 Mar 2016 0

Fatima

by Richard J. Mouw

My first sustained interfaith dialogue was with Mary Jane, when we were both in eighth grade in a public school in a town near Albany, New York. I had a mild crush on Mary Jane, a very smart Italian Catholic. Our romance—in so far as it was carried on outside of school activities—consisted of . . . . Continue Reading »

15 Mar 2016 0

An Alternative to Terror

by Filip Mazurczak

One of Budapest’s top tourist destinations is the Terror Haza, a harrowing museum in the former headquarters first of the Arrow Cross fascists who collaborated with the Nazis and, later, of Hungary’s Stalinist secret police. Valerie Miké’s new study of the little-known Catholic worker movement in twentieth-century Hungary shows a shining alternative to Terror Haza. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2015 0