LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: SPECIAL EDITION

by Xavier Rynne II

I address this letter to you, members of the . . . Synod on Synodality, supposing that you are as worried as I am about the outcome of this Synod. Continue Reading »

5 Oct 2023 0

Laudate Deum Barely Mentions Christ

by Francis X. Maier

Pope Francis seeks to speak a common ethical language to a very diverse global audience, but he ends up blessing the direction of mainstream opinion already stated well elsewhere. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2023 0

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #2

by Xavier Rynne II

We dare not replace the deposit of faith—Christ the treasure, the eternal Word of the Father, traditioned to the Church—with some kind of process.  Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2023 0

When Newman Left Oxford

by Grazie Pozo Christie

Newman's conversion to Catholicism was nothing short of a personal cataclysm, a white martyrdom. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2023 0

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #1

by Xavier Rynne II

One of the most important tasks of Synod-2023 will be the clarification of its own specific character and authority—and just what is meant by “synodality.” Continue Reading »

2 Oct 2023 0

The Battle for the Body

by Carl R. Trueman

The battle for the status of the body is as much a battle for the imagination as it is for doctrine. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2023 0

The Blessed Ulma Family and Our Catholic Moment

by George Weigel

The Ulmas lived the parable of the Good Samaritan literally. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2023 0

The Future Is Classical

by Mark Bauerlein

Classical schools are an experiment that has just begun, small now but with all the ingredients of success.  Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2023 0

Grace at Electric Picnic

by John Duggan

This year’s biggest Electric Picnic controversy concerns a folk band called the Wolfe Tones, whose members have been writing and singing Irish rebel songs for decades. Continue Reading »

12 Sep 2023 0

Dublin’s Dilemma

by John Duggan

As a result of Catholicism's demise, are the Irish no longer governed by a firm, inherited sense of right and wrong? If the answer is “yes,” then Ireland cannot claim that it wasn’t warned. Continue Reading »

9 Aug 2023 0