Scandal in South Carolina
by Christopher TollefsenOver and over again our bishops' failures of judgment have been ignored as “private” issues. Continue Reading »
Over and over again our bishops' failures of judgment have been ignored as “private” issues. Continue Reading »
In September 2017, the Public Religion Research Institute published a study of religion in America that showed a tripling of the religiously unaffiliated since 1990, from 8 percent to 24 percent of the population. The majority of the unaffiliated call themselves secular; a quarter of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Catholic Church in the West is full of corruption—financial, sexual, and spiritual. We are forced to face this hard reality, not the least because the weak pontificate of Pope Francis offers so little of substance. The corruption that afflicts us does not arise from overpowering lusts. Our . . . . Continue Reading »
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has unexpectedly intervened in today’s unhappy Church politics. Continue Reading »
The Christian is truly free not because the church provides a safe space of personal affirmation, but because she offers new life in Christ. Continue Reading »
The Bible in a Disenchanted Age: The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith by r. w. l. moberly baker, 240 pages, $24.99 The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible by a. n. wilson harper, 224 pages, $26.99 The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically & . . . . Continue Reading »
Christianity is inherently countercultural because Christians are always called to convert the culture. Continue Reading »
The modern state typically inspires two antithetical interpretations. Progressives see the state as a means to restrain capitalism, level the economic playing field, ensure equality, and liberate the individual from the dead hand of traditional forms of marriage, family, and sexual morality. . . . . Continue Reading »
Six months after he was elected to the Chair of Peter, Pope Francis made one of the most provocative statements of his five-year pontificate. Asked by the Italian Jesuit Antonio Spadaro what the church (small c) most needs at this point in her history, he replied that he sees the church as a field . . . . Continue Reading »
Those who have been given the run of the square now want the run of nave, transept, and belfry—and many within the Church are willing to give in. Continue Reading »