Catholicism

The Needs of the Vatican Tomorrow

“The Vatican Tomorrow” outlines what the focus of the next pope ought to be in order to strengthen the Church and make up for the damages done by the current pontificate. Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2024

Popcorn with the Pope

by Mark Bauerlein

David Baird joins the podcast to discuss the new book Popcorn with the Pope: A Guide to the Vatican Film List. Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2024

Pope Francis has denounced capital punishment in recent years, and responses from concerned Catholics have focused largely on whether the Holy Father’s words represent a faithful account of the Church’s fundamental teaching. Amid this debate, most have overlooked the fact that Francis’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2024

Lost Women Novelists

by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia Meszaros

Over the last half-century, dozens of remarkable Catholic women writers have fallen almost entirely out of print. In their own time, their books were widely read, often bestsellers. Taken together, their work spans an impressive range of social, political, and spiritual perspectives; it is often . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2024

Briefly Noted

by Various

Initially developed at the University of Toronto between the 1930s and 1970s, media ecology is a meta-disciplinary perspective that understands media as environments that shape human consciousness. Despite this expansive approach to media, media ecology has generally shied away from exploring that . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2024

Rome’s Concordat

by R. R. Reno

A few months ago, I predicted that the Francis pontificate would seek to establish cordial relations with the Rainbow Reich. (See “While We’re At It,” January 2024, composed late November 2023.) In mid-December the Vatican issued the declaration Fiducia Supplicans, vindicating my . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2024

At St. Patrick’s, a Battle of the Icons

by Raymond J. de Souza

St. Patrick's Cathedral is where Christ lives in New York City, and that is precisely why it was ambushed by trans activists. Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2024

Desecration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

by Carl R. Trueman

As the Christian transformation of the Roman Empire was marked by the turning of pagan temples into churches, so we can expect the reverse to take place when a culture paganizes. Continue Reading »

22 Feb 2024