Catholic Hospitals Under Attack

by Wesley J. Smith

Proliferating litigation against Catholic medical institutions threatens the fundamental right of free exercise of religion. Continue Reading »

15 Apr 2020

Coronavirus Calls for Conversion

by Gabriele Kuby

The question of God has been muffled by prosperity, but suddenly it’s not so easy to ignore. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020

The Case For Drive-In Masses

by Gregory Pine, O.P.

If online Mass becomes a regular practice over the course of months, it could subtly undermine the local, communal, and cultic dimensions of Catholic worship.  Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2020

Perilous Directions

by Gregory Wolfe

Pity the satirist: He labors under a double burden. There is, first and foremost, the need to be funny. Whatever kind of laughter the satirist conjures—whether it be queasy or full-out—the jokes have to land. Comedians have no safety net, and the ground is hard-packed. Then there is the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Transforming Quarantine Into Retreat

by George Weigel

Here are some resources that can help redeem the rest of Lent and the upcoming Easter season.  Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

“Wittenberg” in Synodal Slow Motion

by George Weigel

German Catholic leaders seem determined to create a nominally Catholic form of liberal Protestantism. Continue Reading »

25 Mar 2020

Churchmanship

by George Weigel

“Churchmanship” connotes a crucial truth: The Church is Christ’s, not ours. Continue Reading »

18 Mar 2020

Doubling Down On a Bad Deal

by George Weigel

Nary a public word has been spoken by Vatican diplomacy about the brutality of the Chinese communist regime.  Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2020

For and Against Integralism

by Michael Hanby

Modernity does not just refer to the time in which we happen to live, the era that follows the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Those who first recognized themselves as modern defined themselves self-consciously over against the ages that preceded them, though few probably grasped in its fullness . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020

Briefly Noted

by Various

In The River of the Immaculate Conception, James Matthew Wilson confirms his vocation as a public poet. Commissioned by the Benedict XVI Institute, this poem sequence of seven parts leads us through the lives of St. Juan Diego, St. ­Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Père Marquette, with interludes on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020