What to Know About the Synodal Way
by Hans FeichtingerSadly, the German bishops want to “reform” first and evangelize later. Continue Reading »
Standing Against Tyranny
by Russell A. BermanA year before the end of his long life (1895–1998), the German author Ernst Jünger converted to Catholicism, a late change on a tumultuous path of searching and adventures that were far from exclusively spiritual. Born into a Protestant family, he attended conventional boarding schools, but at . . . . Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by VariousTyll: A Novel by daniel kehlmann, translated by ross benjamin pantheon, 352 pages, $26.95 Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Tyll, like its title character, is full of dark surprises. Tyll Ulenspiegel, a legendary figure from German folklore, is a prankster, magician, and traveling performer. Throughout . . . . Continue Reading »
The Road to Condoning Cannibalism
by Justin LeeAccording to the logic of Germany's highest court, the imprisonment of Armin Meiwes for the consensual killing of Bernd-Jürgen Brandes is a grave injustice. Continue Reading »
Death on Demand Comes to Germany
by Wesley J. SmithIn Germany, people now have the absolute right to commit suicide and receive assistance in doing so for any reason or no identifiable reason at all. Continue Reading »
Tyranny in Germany
by Hans FeichtingerLast week, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court established an absolute, unlimited right to suicide “in all stages of a person’s existence.” Continue Reading »
As the Synodal Way Begins
by Hans FeichtingerThe Synodal Way is the culmination of a long history of German alienation from authentic Church renewal. Continue Reading »
Waking in Dresden
by James Matthew WilsonAfter Richard Peter’s photograph of “Gute” Her shoulders slumped beneath their heavy cloak,Large hands outspread despite a shattered thumb,The lady Goodness stares out on the smokeAnd ruin below, and stands, as always, dumb.More planes already drone on the horizon,Their bellies pregnant with . . . . Continue Reading »
The Vanity of Guilt
by Andreas LombardSince the fall of the Berlin Wall, no political question has so deeply divided Europe, and especially Germany, as that of mass migration from Africa and the Near East. Do European states have the right to protect themselves from an unprecedented influx of migrants? Are they permitted to . . . . Continue Reading »
Auschwitz Rightly Remembered
by Michel GurfinkielCatholics used to say humorously—back when mutual toleration among Christian churches, or between Christian and non-Christian persuasions, was not yet an admission of religious indifference—that no faith was so close to the truth, nor so manifestly erroneous, as Anglicanism. This is how . . . . Continue Reading »
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