A Church That Is A Home
by Matthew SchmitzConversion—not ecclesial nativism—is the American Catholic tradition. Continue Reading »
They’re Confessors, Not “Culture-Warriors”
by George WeigelA lesson for Catholics in the U. S. from a classic history of the struggle for control of the American continent. Continue Reading »
The Myth of the Moderate Catholic
by William Doino Jr.Any Catholic who rejects Catholic teaching, or who technically accepts it but minimizes it to the point of insignificance, is not a “moderate” Catholic but a dissenter, or one seeking approval from the world (a temptation Our Lord warns against)—and should be identified as such. Continue Reading »
Joe Biden is Isaac Hecker’s Fault?
by George WeigelWhat went wrong with the public life of American Catholics? How far back does the problem go? Continue Reading »
Catholics Must Resist Ethno-Nationalism
by Brandon McGinleyThe 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 »
Remembering Two Great Bishops
by George WeigelWe American Catholics are, in the main, notoriously uninterested in our own history. So it likely escaped the notice of many that December 3 marked the bicentenary of the death of John Carroll, one of the greatest who ever lived among us. The adjective “first” is applied to John Carroll more . . . . Continue Reading »
Neoconservative Catholicism in America
by Patrick GarryIn this insightful, well-researched and thought-provoking book, Todd Scribner presents a compelling story of the development of neoconservative Catholic thought in the 1970s and 1980s. The story covers a wide spectrum of subjects, including church structure, secular political history, Catholic social thought, and public policy. Continue Reading »
Converts and the Symphony of Truth
by George WeigelIf there is a thread running through these diverse personalities, it may be this: that men and women of intellect, culture and accomplishment have found in Catholicism what Blessed John Paul II called the “symphony of truth.” That rich and complex symphony, and the harmonies it offers, is an attractive, compelling and persuasive alternative to the fragmentation of modern and post-modern intellectual and cultural life, where little fits together and much is cacophony. Continue Reading »
The Bishops in Council
by Timothy M. DolanTwenty-five years ago this month, Pope John Paul II made his first pastoral visit to the United States, meeting the American bishops in Chicago. In his address to them, the former university professor used a style that was both innovative and pedagogically effective: he quoted from an array of . . . . Continue Reading »
John Paul II on the American Experiment
by Pope John Paul IIIn receiving the credentials of the Honorable Lindy Boggs as Ambassador to the Holy See on December 16, 1997, Pope John Paul II offered some pointed comments on the “credibility” of the United States and its world leadership. Herewith the complete text of a statement that bears close reading. . . . . Continue Reading »
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