The late philosopher Roger Scruton once told a Guardian journalist that he thought he had been “too soft” over the course of his life. The interviewer was taken aback: Scruton was known as a scourge of political correctness and academic fashion. But as Scruton explained: “I’ve tended . . . . Continue Reading »
Like St. Francis of Assisi, Julian of Norwich is widely admired and misunderstood. Unlike St. Francis, however, Julian has not been canonized and so does not have an authentic and reverent cult that safeguards her true message. Her most famous line—often translated as “Sin is inevitable, but . . . . Continue Reading »
Cluny Media republishes rare and hard-to-find classics of Catholic letters. Continue Reading »
After public witness on the city streets, a big media push, and a petition signed by thousands of Catholics, San Francisco has finally lifted unfair restrictions on public worship. Continue Reading »
In talks with city staff about the decision, said CSS sources, the hostility of senior city leadership to Catholic beliefs about marriage, family, and sexual morality was palpable. Continue Reading »
Aspects of Mr. Biden’s Catholic self-presentation put me in mind of some of the folkways of pre-Vatican II tribal Catholicism. Continue Reading »
Never have two people with such open hostility to Catholic faith and practice been so close to the two highest offices in American politics. Continue Reading »
In the Catholic Church, synods of bishops are complex bits of theater. The pope sets the theme, observes the proceedings, and writes the “apostolic exhortation” that translates a synod’s work into teaching. Some post-synodal texts, such as Paul VI’s Evangelii . . . . Continue Reading »
What Éric Rohmer said of one of his characters could be said of him as well: He was committed to “redoing all of Rousseau in reverse.” His films are anti-romantic. They reject romantic notions of liberation and autonomy. They critique the cult of romantic love. They warn against a romantic . . . . Continue Reading »
I was a priest for three years before I realized I had never been validly baptized. Continue Reading »
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