Attacks on the Seal of the Confessional
by Eric KniffinStates should leave the sacrament of confession alone and focus on other, more productive ways of protecting children. Continue Reading »
Paths of Conversation
by José GranadosThe encounter with God is inseparable from the encounter with our fellow human beings. Continue Reading »
Naaman, the Nazarenes, and the Germans
by George WeigelWhen the German Synodal Way declares that it knows better than God about what makes for righteous living, happiness, and ultimate beatitude, it is behaving exactly like Adam and Eve, Naaman before his conversion, and the Nazarenes. Continue Reading »
Catholic Revival in the Bronx
by Timothy M. Dolan and Vincent DrudingWatch Cardinal Dolan and Fr. Vincent Druding discuss the “Jesus in Zion” Revival at Holy Cross Church in the Bronx, inspired by the Asbury Revival. Continue Reading »
Clerical Integrity and Hook-up Apps
by R. R. RenoNo man who is regularly using Grindr—a clear sign of premeditated and persistent sin—ought to be ministering to God’s people. Continue Reading »
The Duchess Who Shaped the Fate of France
by Bronwen McSheaThe renowned Cardinal Richelieu had more confidence in his unknown niece than any other person. Was that trust well-founded? Continue Reading »
AWOL Doctors at the Catholic Field Hospital
by George WeigelThe Catholic Church today is a field hospital and some of the triage doctors, rather than curing the wounded, are insisting that the hospital no longer tell people that landmines will kill you. Continue Reading »
Imagining a Heretical Cardinal
by Thomas J. PaprockiUnfortunately, it is not uncommon today to hear Catholic leaders affirm unorthodox views that, not too long ago, would have been espoused only by heretics. Continue Reading »
The Adventure of Living in Christ
by Michael HeintzCatholics must understand themselves not principally as subscribing to a set of fixed beliefs and as living according to the Church's established “rules,” but rather as living in Christ as a new creation. Continue Reading »
Haiti's Catholic Hero
by M. D. AeschlimanToussaint L’Ouverture was not a Jacobin revolutionary. He was a Catholic, whose view of universal human dignity was drawn from the heart of the gospel itself. Continue Reading »
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