The Pope and the Black Hole
by Dan HitchensPope Francis is still the Vicar of Christ—even if he appears to have collapsed in on himself. Continue Reading »
All Saints, All Souls, and Synod-2023
by George WeigelThe purpose of Vatican II was to lift the Church from a defensive crouch and turn the Church’s institutions into launch-platforms for mission. Synod-2023’s dominant vocabulary did not reflect that evangelical purpose. Continue Reading »
Dylan Mulvaney and the Real Clash of Civilizations
by Carl R. TruemanThe last weeks indicate that the big question of our day is “What, if anything, is a human being?” Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #6
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe Synod cannot lose sight of the fundamental moral issues that John Paul II clarified so well in Veritatis Splendor. Continue Reading »
Is the Constitution “Neutral” on Nature?
by Hadley ArkesThe very telos of any Constitution would be to protect those rights that flow to us by nature. Continue Reading »
As a Gay Catholic, I Don't Feel Seen by Pope Francis
by Sebastian AlvarezIt is my hope that Pope Francis will start to make a sincere effort to encourage and accompany those of us who are trying to live according to the teachings of the Church. Continue Reading »
The Sexual Revolution
by Mark BauerleinBishop Peter J. Elliott joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Sexual Revolution: History, Ideology, Power. Continue Reading »
Queering a Tudor Warship
by Carl R. Trueman“Queerness as an interpretative tool” seems to be no more than the blunt assertion that today’s questions are the only ones worth asking and today’s categories the only ones worth applying. Continue Reading »
Theopolitics of Ukraine
by Matthew Dal SantoRussian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow have claimed that Russia’s so-called Special Operation is needed to defend the wider russkiy mir, the “Russian world.” By this term they mean the Orthodoxy-based Russian-language civilization that Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus . . . . Continue Reading »
Sacrificing the Young
by R. R. RenoDeath rates among American children are on the rise. Young people are killed by homicide and car accidents, and they are killing themselves by drug overdose and suicide. Mortality rates for ages one to nineteen rose by 10.7 percent between 2019 and 2020, and went up another 8.3 percent in 2021. . . . . Continue Reading »
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