The enrollment drop in American Catholic schools—from 5.2 million students in the 1960s to 2.5 million in 1990 to today’s 1.8 million—is a plunge of Syrian magnitude. In the last ten years, 1,336 Catholic schools have been either closed or consolidated. Meanwhile, bishops have been . . . . Continue Reading »
When the Sight & Sound poll—the oldest and most prestigious film ranking—declared in 2012 that Vertigo was the greatest film ever made, Armond White denounced the film’s admirers for their “obsessive interest in pathology and soullessness.” James Wolcott dismissed the . . . . Continue Reading »
The story of Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB, deserves to be better known. Continue Reading »
What follows is a historical footnote on the Catholic fiction debate.
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The resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »
Irish abortion proponents have had to construct a parody Church to make the case for their referendum. Continue Reading »
Joshua Hren's new collection of stories, This Our Exile, presents an authentically Catholic fiction. Continue Reading »
Roman Catholics should worry less about Pope Francis's resemblance to Luther and more about his resemblance to Erasmus. Continue Reading »
Perhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells. Continue Reading »
Kowtowing to communists is bad for achieving a full reconciliation among the factions in the Catholic Church in China. Continue Reading »
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