The Eschatological Hope of Bearing Children
by Ian CavenyTo bear a baby is to participate in the mysteries of God. Continue Reading »
Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere
by Wesley J. SmithSome these days are forced to battle doctors and bioethicists in order to properly care for their loved ones. Their courage is inspiring. Continue Reading »
Steinem vs. Friedan
by Peter WoodThe Fight is a tight, vivid, and compelling play depicting how the two doyennes of American feminism—Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem—faced off. Continue Reading »
A Theology of Adoption
by Lauren Rae KonkolIn Not by Nature but by Grace, Gilbert Meilaender offers a primer for understanding adoption through a scriptural and ethical lens. Continue Reading »
To My Daughter, Turning Ten
by Paul BestonPaul Beston muses on the joys of watching his daughter grow up. Continue Reading »
The Three Necessary Societies
by Russell HittingerRerum Novarum (1891) begins with this sentence: “That the spirit of new things [revolutionary change], which has long been disturbing the nations of the world, should have passed beyond the sphere of politics and made its influence felt in the cognate sphere of practical economics is not . . . . Continue Reading »
Love Among the Artifacts
by Matthew HennesseyThis business of signing the inside covers of books is both charming and macabre. People die; books live forever. Scrawling on a flyleaf is a down payment on immortality. Think of me, it says. Memento mori. Continue Reading »
Why Man and Woman Are Not Equal
by Glenn T. StantonMan and woman are not equal. He owes what he is to her. That is hardly her only power, but it is among her most formidable. Continue Reading »
The Merciful Grace of the Truth
by George WeigelAt the Easter Vigil a few weeks ago, tens of thousands of men and women, mature adults, were baptized or entered into full communion with the Catholic Church. Each of them walked a unique itinerary of conversion; each of these “newborn babes” (1 Peter 2.2) is a singular work of the Holy Spirit. . . . . Continue Reading »
Francis Delivers
by William Doino Jr.In the days leading up to Francis’s recent Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laeititia, one would have thought that a seismic shift in Catholic theology was about to take place. The New York Times wrote excitedly, “Liberals . . . are hoping Francis will directly address same-sex marriage and . . . . Continue Reading »
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