The Biases of a Royal Commission
by George WeigelCardinal George Pell was scapegoated by the Royal Commission for the gross failures of other bishops. Why? Continue Reading »
Race and Redemption
by Gerald McDermottMany church leaders and parishioners are adopting a race narrative that is empirically and theologically suspect. Continue Reading »
A Procession Like No Other
by C. C. PecknoldOur way of walking and kneeling in the world will always be religious—whether kneeling before idols or before the one true God. Continue Reading »
Common Spirit, Common Good
by Peter J. LeithartThe Spirit weds hearts to one another through human actions and physical things, through shared words, shared bread, shared goods. Continue Reading »
The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?
by George WeigelThis latest display of Beijing’s intent to enforce communist power in Hong Kong coincides with the most recent persecution of Jimmy Lai. Continue Reading »
Witnessing Martyrdom
by Hans BoersmaWe need to relearn the joy of suffering in Christ and prepare for martyrdom. Continue Reading »
The Old Man in the Nursery School
by Shalom CarmyNathan Alterman (1910–1970) was the most important Hebrew poet of his generation. He was popular with readers of poetry and continues to be much-studied. Side by side with the major modernist works that established his reputation, Alterman was also a prolific producer of occasional verse on . . . . Continue Reading »
Spiritual Communion
by Nathaniel PetersDuring the Diocletian persecution, a group of North African Christians were brought to trial in Carthage for meeting illegally for worship. When asked why they had persisted in this practice, one replied, “Sine Dominico, non possumus”: “Without this thing of the Lord, we cannot live.” Over . . . . Continue Reading »
Protestants in Rome
by Joshua KinlawProtestants are drawn to Rome, though we define ourselves against it. Strictly speaking, we do not go there on pilgrimage. Yet we have always visited Rome, at once attracted and repulsed. It began in 1510, when Martin Luther took the trip that triggered the Reformation. “Rome, once the holiest . . . . Continue Reading »
The Final Enemy
by Carl R. TruemanHuman mortality has always fascinated the greatest creative minds—from Homer declaiming on the slayings of Patroclus and Hector, to Sigmund Freud speculating on death drives. Roger Scruton even locates the significance of artistic endeavor in the fact that we understand our existence to be . . . . Continue Reading »
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