Mary, Conceived Without Sin, Pray For Us

by Thomas G. Guarino

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception affirms that Mary's privileged status is due to Christ alone, Christus solus. Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2018

American Legion and the Establishment Clause

by Mark Movsesian

The American Legion v. American Humanist Association creates a chance for the Court to restore predictability and common sense to its Establishment Clause jurisprudence. Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2018

Avoiding Another Roman Fiasco In February

by George Weigel

It is urgent that the issues at hand be properly defined before Pope Francis's February 2019 meeting. Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2018

A Grand Betrayal

by Catherine Lafferty

There are times when some form of public protest, no matter how small, must be made against oppression. Continue Reading »

4 Dec 2018

Celebrity Theologian

by Robert Benne

Those concerned about the reality TV-star in the White House should be even more alarmed at the popularity of Bolz-Weber, the celebrity theologian. Continue Reading »

3 Dec 2018

Marcion on the Elbe

by Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger

Accusations of anti-Judaism are flying in Germany. In a 2013 essay, “Die Kirche und das Alte Testament” (The Church and the Old Testament), Notger Slenczka, a Protestant theologian at the Humboldt University of Berlin, argued that the Old Testament “should not have canonical validity in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

Letters

by Various

Death Penalty Sad to say, but as surely as night follows day, when Pope Francis speaks on doctrinal matters, confusion results. And so it is with the pope’s August revision to section 2267 of the Catechism. Although taught by the Church for two millennia as a legitimate punishment for . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

The Church’s Book

by Michael C. Legaspi

The Bible in a Disenchanted Age:  The Enduring Possibility of Christian Faith by r. w. l. moberly baker, 240 pages, $24.99 The Book of the People:  How to Read the Bible by a. n. wilson harper, 224 pages, $26.99  The Bible and the Believer:  How to Read the Bible Critically & . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

Orthodox Origen

by Joseph T. Lienhard

Origen:  On First Principles edited and translated by john behr oxford, 800 pages, $200 In its eleventh canon, the Second Council of ­Constantinople (553) anathematized Arius, ­Eunomius, Macedonius, ­Apollinaris, Nestorius, and ­Origen, along with their impious writings. Adding Origen’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018

The Religious Elite

by Mark Bauerlein

Recently, while poring over a section from the Bible with my Catholic tutor, we came across a passage that surely must be the most irritating one in all of Scripture to a secular liberal. No, it is not Genesis 1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” which to a Marxist is the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2018