Making the Wrong Kind of Mess
by Charles J. ChaputThe coherence of Catholic belief and the behavior it requires applies to all Catholics, not merely public officials, and it applies all the time and everywhere. Continue Reading »
What Would Cardinal Meyer Say?
by George WeigelToday’s Catholic Church needs more leaders like Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer.
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The Rhine Breaches the Tiber
by Raymond J. de SouzaKüng and Ratzinger would represent the two kinds of reformers at and after the council. Continue Reading »
The Art of Admiration
by Daniel J. MahoneyIn Not Forgotten, Weigel splendidly recovers the art of admiration, with a few warnings of what to avoid thrown into the mix. Continue Reading »
Ethics of Leadership and Ethics of Teaching
by Kevin L. FlanneryJohn Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning . . . . Continue Reading »
Gnostic Politics
by R. R. RenoI recently met a medical student who was beginning her rotation in internal medicine. A special morning session had been set aside to discuss proper protocols for interacting with patients. The person leading the discussion came from the hospital’s office of diversity and inclusion. She emphasized . . . . Continue Reading »
My Adorable Jesus
by Terence SweeneyLiguori helps us practice being devout even if we rarely are. Continue Reading »
Dark Greene
by Dan HitchensReaders of Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene may finish the book with a sense of relief. That isn’t the fault of the biographer Richard Greene (no relation), who has done an impressive job of tying together the many strands of the novelist’s life. It’s just that . . . . Continue Reading »
When Campion Met Miss Anscombe
by John HaldaneEdmund Campion (1540–81) and Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001) were among the most brilliant of their generations of Oxford students: he at St. John’s College, she at St. Hugh’s. Later, each held fellowships in the university and delivered sermons in the university church of St. Mary the . . . . Continue Reading »
Archbishop José Gomez: A Profile In Episcopal Courage
by George WeigelArchbishop Gomez’s statement was clearly a pastoral statement, not a political manifesto. Continue Reading »
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