Modernity

Pope Francis Calls for Repentance

Let those who constantly rail against Pope Francis without listening to his words finally listen. Continue Reading »

30 Mar 2020

Always the Era of the Saints

Unless we reconfigure our lives to understand and act on it, the “new evangelization” will remain just another pious slogan. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2020

Modernity does not just refer to the time in which we happen to live, the era that follows the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Those who first recognized themselves as modern defined themselves self-consciously over against the ages that preceded them, though few probably grasped in its fullness . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020

Fierce Loyalties

by R. R. Reno

In the last fifty years, most writing about modern Catholicism has treated Vatican II as the great watershed. According to the standard narrative, the Church before the Council was wedded to a stultifying scholasticism and sunk in soul-crushing authoritarianism. After the Council, a new spirit . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2020

Catholic Ironies

by Andrew Willard Jones

In The Irony of Modern Catholic History, George Weigel offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Catholic Church’s encounter with modernity. For Weigel, the fixed point in this story is the goodness of the aspirations of “political modernity,” by which he generally means . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD-2019: #9

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

Synod-2019 cast in sharp relief the grave doctrinal and theological issues facing the Church. Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2019

The Ideological Hijacking of Pope St. John XXIII

by George Weigel

John XXIII knew that the Church’s evangelical mission would only meet the needs of the day if it were anchored in the ancient, abiding truths bequeathed to it. Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2019

Converting Modernity

by Mark Bauerlein

In this episode, George Weigel discusses his latest book, The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform. Continue Reading »

21 Oct 2019