Pope Francis’s thought involves a series of dichotomies: North-South, imperial-populist, ideological-historical, abstract-concrete, and so on. Rourke shows in detail the intellectual formation that gave rise to this eccentric version of the social magisterium. Continue Reading »
In a world where too many bishops have failed us in ways too terrible to mention, George Pell has yet to do so. Continue Reading »
Ronald Knox:A Man for All Seasons edited by francesca bugliani knox pontifical institute of medieval studies, 416 pages, $65 The greatest writer of English prose in the last century, P. G. Wodehouse excepted, was not Lytton Strachey or Logan Pearsall Smith or the E. M. Forster of Pharos and . . . . Continue Reading »
When an entire continent—healthier, wealthier, and more secure than ever before—deliberately chooses sterility, the most basic cause for that must lie in the realm of the human spirit, in a certain souring about the very mystery of being. Continue Reading »
If there were any doubts about the enduring power of Fatima, Pope Francis has put them to bed. Continue Reading »
Browsing the Catholic News Archive, you’ll notice how much things have changed—and not always for the better. Continue Reading »
Hillary Clinton still doesn’t get that she was the reason she lost. Continue Reading »
Cardinal Sarah teaches us silence—being silent with Jesus, true inner stillness, and in just this way he helps us to grasp the word of the Lord anew. Continue Reading »
Easter offers each of us the opportunity to reflect on the commission to be missionary disciples we were given at baptism. Continue Reading »
Ratzinger’s achievements are significant not just for the following they’ve produced, but for the keen insights and teachings they contain. Continue Reading »
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