Germany

Looking at Christ

We talk too much about the Church in terms defined by the world, and not enough about Christ. Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2019

An Open Letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx

The German Church will not be revitalized by becoming a simulacrum of liberal Protestantism. Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2019

Accusations of anti-Judaism are flying in Germany. In a 2013 essay, “Die Kirche und das Alte Testament” (The Church and the Old Testament), Notger Slenczka, a Protestant theologian at the Humboldt University of Berlin, argued that the Old Testament “should not have canonical validity in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

What Happens in Germany

by Charles J. Chaput

The resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »

23 May 2018

Pagan Horror

by David P. Goldman

Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reichby eric kurlanderyale, 448 pages, $35 That Hitler and his inner circle were mad is not a matter of controversy. The source and character of their madness, though, is subject to debate. Eric Kurlander wants us to understand Nazi ideology . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2018

The Letter American Bishops Should Write

by Francis X. Maier

A German bishop recently proposed that the Church hold blessing ceremonies for same-sex marriages. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2018

Recovering a Culture of Affirmation

by R. R. Reno

We need to try to forestall both authoritarian liberalism and conservative revolution in Europe. Continue Reading »

8 Aug 2017

The Left Bank of the Rhine

by Edmund Waldstein

The death of former chancellor Helmut Kohl marks the definitive end of the post-war period in German politics. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017

The Erosion of Catholic Sacramental Discipline in Germany

by Christian Spaemann

The heart of the matter is that, according to the teaching of the Church, there are norms that are valid without exception and not subject to individual discernment. The German bishops contradict this. Continue Reading »

7 Mar 2017

The Bishop and the Nazis

by Daniel Utrecht

In the summer of 1941, at the height of Germany's success in the war, Bishop von Galen decided to take a public stand against the Nazis, even if he had to do it on his own. Continue Reading »