Evangelization: What and When?

by George Weigel

Surveying the world Catholic scene today, there are several questions to be settled, if evangelization is to be fruitful in drawing others to, or back to, Christ. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2022

How Not to Staff a Catholic School

by Mark Bauerlein

Reading a Catholic school's job description often indicates that Catholicism is not their first priority. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2022

The Legacy of Rich Mullins

by Bethel McGrew

Today marks the 25th anniversary of his untimely death in a car accident. It was a shocking loss for the world of contemporary Christian music, a world with which the eccentric artist always had a love/hate relationship.  Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2022

Finding the Bishops We Need

by George Weigel

Lay Catholics can be helpful in identifying potential bishops with the apostolic zeal, and with the personal qualities and skills needed to be a leader whom others are eager to follow.  Continue Reading »

14 Sep 2022

The Catholic Imagination in 2022

by Jessica Hooten Wilson

The fourth Catholic Imagination Conference will be held at the University of Dallas, from September 30 until October 1. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2022

God's Holy Nation

by Peter J. Leithart

Observing the online reaction to my column, I fear I was misunderstood. Some apparently read it as a brief for the primacy of the “spiritual” over the “political.” That isn’t my view. I advocate instead the deconstruction of the spiritual/political dualism and the primacy of ecclesial politics. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2022

Christian Solidarity vs. Barbarism

by George Weigel

This instinct for solidarity is one marker of a living Christian culture. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2022

Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen

by John Duggan

With the referendums on marriage and abortion comfortably won, with gender self-ID written into law, where next for a country that has staked its new identity on a maximalist adoption of liberalism? Continue Reading »

29 Aug 2022

Going Beyond the Letter of the Law

by Gerhard Ludwig Müller and Stephan Kampowski

In previous times, people who did not agree with the teaching of Humanae Vitae or Donum Vitae simply said that they begged to differ. The new approach, adopted by the PAV, is to state the opposite of the teaching, while at the same time claiming that one agrees. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2022

Rembert Weakland, Proud Vandal

by John Byron Kuhner

As archbishop, Weakland courted not only lovers but controversy. Continue Reading »

26 Aug 2022