Most of us that grew up in the peripheries don’t buy the central premise of this pontificate of making the Church less European. I agree with R. R. Reno’s assertions in “Rome’s Concordat” (March 2024) that this pontificate sounds like a focus group at the World Economic Forum or a DEI . . . . Continue Reading »
In a hollow just north of Bennington, Vermont, near the New York state line, nineteen monks at the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration live and die in seclusion. It’s the only Carthusian site in North America, a remote spot in the shadow of Mt. Equinox, highest peak in the Taconic Range. In 2005 . . . . Continue Reading »
The development of doctrine is a notion more frequently invoked than understood. When, as is too often done, a novelty or even a reversal of traditional Christian teaching is proposed as a “development,” the term is being abused. Indeed, it is being deployed to denote precisely the opposite of . . . . Continue Reading »
It was surreal. President Biden began his State of the Union speech by invoking the Nazi threat. More than eighty years ago, Biden reminded us, Franklin Roosevelt rallied the nation, as “Hitler was on the march,” and “freedom and democracy were under assault.” Today, the president warned, . . . . Continue Reading »
There was a time when the Church shaped Western high art, particularly art music, as distinct from folk or pop music. That era has been over for centuries, yet the impetus for composers to engage with spirituality has endured. There has been no shortage of scholars in recent decades endeavoring to . . . . Continue Reading »
The beautification of the Ulma family shows that serving God in this world requires faith that there are things worse than death.
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Adam Blai joins the podcast to discuss his new book . Continue Reading »
Fr. Joseph Fessio joins the podcast to discuss Robert Cardinal Sarah’s new book He Gave Us So Much. Continue Reading »
Jimmy Mitchell joins the podcast to discuss his new book Let Beauty Speak: The Art of Being Human in a Culture of Noise. Continue Reading »
The upcoming election is a time for Christians to remember St. Paul’s call to focus on heavenly things, for to put trust in “princes” will lead to inevitable disappointment. Continue Reading »
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