Catholicism

The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?

This latest display of Beijing’s intent to enforce communist power in Hong Kong coincides with the most recent persecution of Jimmy Lai. Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2020

Protestants in Rome

by Joshua Kinlaw

Protestants are drawn to Rome, though we define ourselves against it. Strictly speaking, we do not go there on pilgrimage. Yet we have always visited Rome, at once attracted and repulsed. It began in 1510, when Martin Luther took the trip that triggered the Reformation. “Rome, once the holiest . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

Young Pius

by Ulrich L. Lehner

Books like this are rare. The Pope Who Would Be King is one of the few publications that has made me commit a mortal sin—that of envy. I wish I could tell a story in such a colorful and lively way. Unlike David Kertzer’s tendentious works on Pius XI and Mussolini, I found myself . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020

My Pope

by Julia Yost

On the centennial of John Paul II's birth, it is worth praising the pope whose death got this cradle Catholic to leave the cradle. Continue Reading »

18 May 2020

Catholic Hospitals Under Attack

by Wesley J. Smith

Proliferating litigation against Catholic medical institutions threatens the fundamental right of free exercise of religion. Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2020

Coronavirus Calls for Conversion

by Gabriele Kuby

The question of God has been muffled by prosperity, but suddenly it’s not so easy to ignore. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020

The Case For Drive-In Masses

by Gregory Pine, O.P.

If online Mass becomes a regular practice over the course of months, it could subtly undermine the local, communal, and cultic dimensions of Catholic worship. Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2020

Perilous Directions

by Gregory Wolfe

Pity the satirist: He labors under a double burden. There is, first and foremost, the need to be funny. Whatever kind of laughter the satirist conjures—whether it be queasy or full-out—the jokes have to land. Comedians have no safety net, and the ground is hard-packed. Then there is the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020