Whose Synodality?

by Ephraim Radner

Perhaps there is something that Catholics and Anglicans can learn from each other about “synodality.” But we have to be serious about what and who we are talking about. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2018

Roots of Catholic Anger

by George Weigel

Good priests and bishops deserve our support, affection, and gratitude as they, like the rest of us, deal with the fallout of this season of humiliation and purification. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2018

Against Inevitable Adultery

by Dan Hitchens

Stephen Walford's Pope Francis, the Family and Divorce: In Defense of Truth and Mercy experiments with the idea that it is excessive to ask divorced-and-remarried couples to choose between receiving the Eucharist and having sex. Continue Reading »

6 Nov 2018

Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye

by Abigail Rine Favale

Joshua Harris has officially denounced and discontinued publication of his bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018

We Shall Meet

by Benedict Kiely

For the believer, the ritual of funeral and prayer for the dead is more than just an exterior comfort: It is an act of faith. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018

Courage in the Gayborhood

by Sebastian Alvarez

Why does St. Paul’s, a parish that otherwise fosters a genuinely Catholic parish life, openly flout Catholic sexual morality? Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Death at Tree of Life

by Gerald McDermott

We should regard an attack on Jews as an attack on our spiritual cousins, God’s beloved people who gave us our Messiah and salvation.  Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Historical-Critical Qur’an

by Paul V. Mankowski

The Qurʾān and the Bible:  Text and Commentary by gabriel said reynolds yale, 1032 pages, $40 This book is misleadingly named. The blame, if blame there be, rests with the stingy conventions of contemporary publishing. The work deserves one of those splendidly prolix seventeenth-century . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Every Square Inch

by Oliver O'Donovan

Pro Rege:  Living Under Christ’s Kingship Vol. 1: The Exalted Nature of Christ’s Kingship Vol. 2: The Kingship of Christ in its Operation by abraham kuyper edited by john kok and nelson d. kloosterman translated by albert gootjes lexham, 1072 pages, $99.98 Dismissed from the office of prime . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Briefly Noted

by Various

On Reading Well:  Finding the Good Life through Great Books by karen swallow prior brazos, 272 pages, $19.99 In On Reading Well, Liberty University English professor Karen Swallow Prior sets forth a thoughtful, nuanced vision of the relationship between morality and literature. This vision . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018