I read with interest the article by Joshua Katz in the January 2023 edition titled “Grace and Serendipity.” In response I offer the following: I had just been named pastor of a parish (Diocese of Oakland, California) and was assigned a mentor, one of the senior priests. In our first meeting, I . . . . Continue Reading »
And as Cardinal Pell remarked after that memorable dinner, “Cardinal Zen really was the star tonight, wasn’t he?” Indeed, he was. Continue Reading »
Conservatives in the West see in the People’s Republic of China a daunting nemesis: an oppressive tech dystopia ruled by a Leninist party that negates conservatism’s attachment to civil society, Christianity, and individual liberties. You might expect the intellectual mainstream in mainland . . . . Continue Reading »
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable books they read this year. Continue Reading »
Beyond the social benefits, swing dancing heals something in us metaphysically. Continue Reading »
Want to know what a world without order, a world in which even tacit rules are flouted with seeming impunity, looks like? Continue Reading »
Religious freedom for the underground Catholic Church in China is under siege, and will likely collapse soon if nothing is done. Continue Reading »
Nigel Biggar joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “A Christian Defense of American Empire.” Continue Reading »
Elbridge Colby joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “The Morality of a Strategy of Denial.” Continue Reading »
Cardinal Zen was my guest in Kingston in 2013 because he knows the Church needs more men like St. John Fisher. Henry kept Cardinal John Fisher in the Tower of London; now the Chinese regime threatens Cardinal Zen with prison. Continue Reading »
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