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  1. Catholicism

A Cool Cardinal

by Matthew Schmitz

Cardinal Blase Cupich pretends to be a friend to people who need a father.  Continue Reading »

28 Nov 2017

In Defense of Regal Popes

by Dan Hitchens

Pius XI’s words had such force because he bound himself to what had already been believed by Catholics throughout history and had been reaffirmed by his predecessors.  Continue Reading »

28 Nov 2017

Four Ideas About Development

by Michael Pakaluk

Development of doctrine is not itself a doctrine, but a theory, and there are several such theories. Continue Reading »

17 Nov 2017

Pope Francis’s Reset Button

by P. J. Smith

Recently, bishops have been urging a return to Evangelii gaudium in order to understand Francis. Is this an attempt to hit the reset button on Francis’s pontificate?  Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2017

“You Have to Decide.”

by George Weigel

Helping his young friends to see the good and choose it as a matter of habit—growth in virtue—was Karol Wojtyła's pastoral method. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2017

A Time of Crisis

by Dan Hitchens

In this time of anxiety in the Catholic Church, the words of St. Vincent of Lerins may offer some comfort.  Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2017

The Church in Afghanistan

by Giovanni Scalese

An interview with Fr. Giovanni Scalese, ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Catholic Mission of Afghanistan. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2017

Whose Bourgeois Morality?

by George Weigel

Those who dismiss critics of Amoris Laetitia as members of a “middle-class lobby” are missing the point.  Continue Reading »

18 Oct 2017

We Found Our Joy in Latin

by Matthew Schmitz

An interview with Edwin Mary Akaedu.  Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2017

The Catechism of the Catholic Church at 25

by George Weigel

The Catechism of the Catholic Church established a compelling, and in many cases quite beautifully written, benchmark and pattern for the future. Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2017
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