Dottore della Chiesa subito!

by Br. Michael Baggot

Surveying the Pope Emeritus’s life and works, it is difficult to think of any other Catholic thinker who so profoundly shaped the Church’s theology since the Second Vatican Council. The heroic diligence, courage, and humility with which he exercised his pastoral vocation indicates that sanctity infused the actions of an intellectual giant worthy of the title Doctor of the Church. Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2016

The Newest Doctor of the Church

by Mark Movsesian

The newest Doctor of the Church was not a Catholic. Continue Reading »

26 Feb 2015

The Love of Saint Thérèse

by Philip Zaleski

The Pope leaned toward her, so that “their faces nearly touched,” and Thérèse hurriedly whispered her desire (despite her bishop’s opposition) to become a Carmelite nun. Leo, flustered by this breach of protocol, first ventured a conventional response: “Ah well, my child, do what the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2004