Sin Aboundeth
by Dan HitchensAt the center of financial corruption are practices almost everybody would recognize as wicked. In the worst parts of the clergy, too, there are concentric circles of wrongdoing Continue Reading »
Nothing About Us Without Us
by George WeigelRecent synodal history suggests that more will be afoot at the Amazonian Synod than what its announced theme suggests. Continue Reading »
The Disputed Teachings of Vatican II
by Mark BauerleinFeaturing Father Thomas Guarino on his book The Disputed Teachings of Vatican II: Continuity and Reversal in Catholic Doctrine. Continue Reading »
A Dismal Tradition
by Philip HamburgerThe recent senatorial attacks on judicial nominees due to their Catholicism are part of a longstanding tradition. Continue Reading »
Lay Collaboration and Episcopal Authority
by George WeigelAn appropriate pastoral response to a genuine crisis should be vigorously defended at February’s global gathering of bishops. Continue Reading »
False Counsel at Fordham
by Sebastian AlvarezExcept for a few open-minded and faithful people, Fordham is uninterested in helping students follow what Christ and His Church teach about love and sexuality. Continue Reading »
Friendly Fire
by Raymond J. de SouzaPope Francis has less to worry about from “enemies” than he does from his “friends.” Continue Reading »
Spark’s Chance Grace
by Christopher J. ScaliaAppointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark by alan taylor polygon, 244 pages, $18.95 Muriel Spark Centenary Editions by muriel spark polygon, 4,156 pages, £219.78 A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark edited by penelope jardine new directions, 96 pages, $13.95 One . . . . Continue Reading »
Bishops Unbound
by Bronwen McSheaIn Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom’s lay rulers were leaders in building the City of God. They “wielded the secular, temporal sword . . . bestowed on the Christian people by Christ himself.” In the medieval era, before sharp categorical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Pope and the Lord’s Prayer
by Charlotte AllenFiddling with translations of the Lord's Prayer is an accommodation with secular culture. Continue Reading »
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