“Absurd Violence” or Martyrdom?

by Julia Yost

A week’s worth of commentary on Fr. Jacques Hamel. Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2016

Martyr of the First Commandment

by William Doino Jr.

“Today, more than at any other time, our Catholicism must be lived. We have to show to the masses that the only leader who has the right to a full, unlimited authority, and to be our leader, is Jesus Christ.” Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2016

Segregated in Death

by Peter J. Leithart

It is hard to mourn together while we have different understandings of death and the sacred. Continue Reading »

29 Jul 2016

Hypervisible Church

by Catherine Addington

When a nun is stopped on the street, it is often so that a person can work out their issues with the Church, not with her. And when Fr. Jacques Hamel is made to kneel and die, it is the Church that is attacked in his body. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2016

Blessed are the Persecuted

by Jordan Zajac

I am deeply saddened by the attack perpetrated against Fr. Jacques Hamel. But I am not surprised by it. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2016

“Je Suis Jacques Hamel”

by Jean Duchesne

The target of this revenge was the root of the West, the West’s living source, even when it is unremembered—namely Christianity.
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26 Jul 2016

“We Know that We Are Going To Be Killed”

by Fr. Douglas Bazi and Jonathan Coppage

An interview with an Iraqi priest. Continue Reading »

5 Jul 2016

The One Really Interesting Story

by Timothy George

The Book of Acts opens with two events of great salvation-historical importance: the going up of Jesus from earth into heaven (the Ascension), and the coming down of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples (Pentecost). Both events are commemorated by Christians in this season of the year. Jesus’s resurrection from the dead inaugurated God’s new beginning, which the New Testament calls “the last days.” . . . . Continue Reading »

30 May 2016

Silence of the Churches

by Nina Shea

Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of Oceanus, his sea shell chariot and attendant tritons and horses—will all be turned blood red in a campaign to raise awareness about modern day Christian martyrs. The popular . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Apr 2016

Attack on Mother Teresa’s Nuns in Yemen

by Stephen Schwartz

On Friday, March 4, sixteen people were murdered in a terrorist attack at a nursing home in Aden, the main city on the coast of southern Yemen. The dead comprised four nuns, who served in the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Blessed Mother Teresa, plus eight elderly residents, their . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2016