Wojtyłan Fantasies, Revisited
by George WeigelWojtyła understood the difference between those for whom Marxism was a “fascinating abstraction” and those for whom communism was “an everyday reality.” Continue Reading »
The Moral Depravity of Andrew Cuomo & Friends
by George WeigelAndrew Cuomo is too depraved to be the governor of New York. Continue Reading »
A Gleeful Slaughter of the Innocents
by Kari Jenson GoldThe “woke” Episcopal Church of 2019 stands firmly with Team Herod. Continue Reading »
Democrats Defending Life
by Rubén DíazIt’s time for pro-life Democrats to raise our voices and make this our priority when we go to the polls. Continue Reading »
Statement on the New York State Abortion Law of 2019
by Evangelicals and Catholics TogetherWe wish to state clearly that no follower of Jesus Christ can be complicit in the abortion regime. Continue Reading »
After the End of Sacrifice
by Peter J. LeithartProtestants can offer a fundamental challenge to liberal order only insofar as we retain, and enhance, the sacrificial dimension of classical Protestantism. Continue Reading »
Bread Eternal
by Jane Sloan PetersIn the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones and earth, past market stalls where tall grasses jut from meticulously laid mosaic floors, one can find about three dozen stone basins in which bakers once placed bread dough to rise. This is one of . . . . Continue Reading »
Supersessionism Hard and Soft
by David NovakSupersessionism describes the theological conviction that the Christian Church has superseded the Jewish people, assuming their role as God’s covenanted people, Israel. At first glance, supersessionism seems to be a core Christian belief, making any fruitful dialogue between Jews and Christians . . . . Continue Reading »
A Failing Papacy
by R. R. RenoThe current regime in Rome will damage the Catholic Church. Pope Francis combines laxity and ruthlessness. His style is casual and approachable; his church politics are cold and cunning. There are leading themes in this pontificate—mercy, accompaniment, peripheries, and so forth—but . . . . Continue Reading »
God as a Gentleman
by Rémi BragueEverybody knows the Decalogue and, in particular, the commandment “You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain” (Exod. 20:7). In spite of this warning, we too easily call God “Lord”—nay, we invoke him as “the Lord”—as if such a word were devoid of ambiguity and not badly . . . . Continue Reading »
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