The Importance of Holy Days of Obligation
by Eric BaneckerTherefore, let me offer a modest proposal: Let’s celebrate all the obligatory holy days of the universal church on the day the Church intends them to be celebrated. Continue Reading »
Letters from Rome: #1
by George WeigelJoseph Ratzinger had “the mind of twelve professors” and the clear piety of a child making his or her first Holy Communion. Continue Reading »
Megan Basham on Prodigal Daughter
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Megan Basham to talk about her article, “Prodigal Daughter,” from the December 2022 issue. Continue Reading »
Church, State, and the Common Good
by R. R. RenoCapitalism is best understood as the modern ambition to order and value all available resources solely on the basis of market principles. As an “ism,” it functions as an ideal. We never achieve the all or the solely. At various stages in many countries, however, great efforts have . . . . Continue Reading »
The Dereliction of Europe’s Religious Buildings
by Itxu DíazMany old churches are being neglected in Europe, but some organizations are undertaking measures to preserve those that remain. Continue Reading »
The Real Work of the Church
by Seth HedmanWe need to return to seeing the work of the church as primarily hands-on, in-person work. Continue Reading »
A Not-So-Secular Age
by John WilsonI don’t know for sure what the future, even the “near future,” holds, but I do know that—for the moment, at least—we do not remotely live in a “secular age.” Continue Reading »
Men Are at War with God
by Mary EberstadtSolzhenitsyn famously defined the principal trait of the twentieth century in four words: “Men have forgotten God.” So far, the twenty-first century might be summarized in six: Men are at war with God. Awakened from agnostic slumber by new forms of temptation, chiefly the sexual revolution, . . . . Continue Reading »
Keep Christ at the Center
by Samuel J. AquilaA culture that does not have faith in God and his creation is a culture that will not hold. Continue Reading »
A Modern Mendicant
by Andrew DoranRichard Lamar Ochiltree wandered the streets of Washington, D.C., for several years, mostly along a few blocks in Foggy Bottom, near the eastern shore of the Potomac. He monitored comings and goings at the State Department, George Washington University, the World Bank, and other agencies. Rick was . . . . Continue Reading »
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