Ad Orientem Roundup

by Leroy Huizenga

A primer and links on the recent dustup over Cardinal Robert Sarah's call for a return to ad orientem posture. Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2016

Public Displays of Piety

by Jordan Zajac

On a Greenwich Village street corner, amid a throng of man buns and designer sun hats, the priest held up the monstrance. Continue Reading »

2 Jun 2016

How the Church Failed Fishtown

by Stephen Schmalhofer

The sign outside the church lists a single Sunday Mass time. The bulletin provides details on the other sacraments, available by appointment only, more of a consignment than a convenience. The church is one of two in the parish, clustered together under a single administration, ostensibly for better . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2016

Liberal Racism Bares Its Fangs

by George Weigel

Given the politically-correct hysteria that typically surrounds any discussion of racism these days, I hesitate to use the term. But it’s hard to find another that fits certain reactions to Synod-2015 from the port side of the Barque of Peter. Exhibit A: Shortly after the Synod concluded, the Web . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Dec 2015

Books for Christmas

by George Weigel

It’s been a good reading year and I highly recommend the following to the readers on your Christmas (not “holiday”) shopping list:God or Nothing, by Cardinal Robert Sarah (Ignatius Press): It was the book being discussed at Synod-2015 and with good reason, for this interview-style . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Dec 2015

German Bishops' Website on Africa & Cardinal Sarah

by Leroy Huizenga

Björn Odendahl, an editor at Katholisch.de, writes the following in the course of commenting on the Pope's plans for Africa in a piece entitled “The Romantic, Poor Church”:So also in Africa. Of course the Church is growing there. It grows because the people are socially dependent and . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Nov 2015