The Catholic Imagination in 2022
by Jessica Hooten WilsonThe fourth Catholic Imagination Conference will be held at the University of Dallas, from September 30 until October 1. Continue Reading »
God's Holy Nation
by Peter J. LeithartObserving the online reaction to my column, I fear I was misunderstood. Some apparently read it as a brief for the primacy of the “spiritual” over the “political.” That isn’t my view. I advocate instead the deconstruction of the spiritual/political dualism and the primacy of ecclesial politics. Continue Reading »
Christian Solidarity vs. Barbarism
by George WeigelThis instinct for solidarity is one marker of a living Christian culture. Continue Reading »
Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen
by John DugganWith the referendums on marriage and abortion comfortably won, with gender self-ID written into law, where next for a country that has staked its new identity on a maximalist adoption of liberalism? Continue Reading »
Going Beyond the Letter of the Law
by Gerhard Ludwig Müller and Stephan KampowskiIn previous times, people who did not agree with the teaching of Humanae Vitae or Donum Vitae simply said that they begged to differ. The new approach, adopted by the PAV, is to state the opposite of the teaching, while at the same time claiming that one agrees. Continue Reading »
Rembert Weakland, Proud Vandal
by John Byron KuhnerAs archbishop, Weakland courted not only lovers but controversy. Continue Reading »
Nones No More
by Mark BauerleinMatthew Nelson joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The New Apologetics. Continue Reading »
“Matthew 25 Catholics”?
by George WeigelThe implication of declaring oneself a “Matthew 25 Catholic” is that supporting a broad range of social services for the poor and needy, welcoming the immigrant, and ticking all the other boxes on the Biden/Pelosi Democrats’ domestic policy agenda constitutes a moral “get out of jail free” card that can be played, first with the electorate, and then, presumably, with the Lord. Continue Reading »
How Not To Lead
by Charles J. ChaputPolitical discretion on the world stage can never be an excuse for local bishops to avoid speaking the truth, and—worse—to decline to provide counsel and encouragement to faithful Catholic public officials seeking their support. Continue Reading »
A St. John Fisher for Our Time
by Raymond J. de SouzaCardinal Zen was my guest in Kingston in 2013 because he knows the Church needs more men like St. John Fisher. Henry kept Cardinal John Fisher in the Tower of London; now the Chinese regime threatens Cardinal Zen with prison. Continue Reading »
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