Seneca, Poetry, and Suffering
by Mark BauerleinDana Gioia joins the podcast to discuss his new translation of a Seneca play, Seneca: The Madness of Hercules. Continue Reading »
They’re Back!
by George WeigelThe theologians’ guild is now promoting proportionalism in, of all places, Roman universities. Continue Reading »
Apostolic Empire
by Sohrab AhmariThe young are eschewing marriage. Birth rates are collapsing. Abortion and even post-natal infanticide are commonplace. Yawning inequalities divide the haves from the have-nots, spreading decadence among the former while immiserating the latter. Society is losing the thread of its noblest . . . . Continue Reading »
Cardinal George Pell: The Encourager
by George WeigelGeorge Pell was a courageous man who “en-couraged” others—who gave others courage, or, perhaps better, drew out of others the courage they did not know lay within them. Continue Reading »
Unintended Consequences
by George Cardinal PellThere probably will never be a consensus on Vatican II and its legacy: to what extent it channeled the Holy Spirit, and how much its implementation was hijacked by the world, the flesh, and the devil. But all those who read George Weigel’s fine new book, whatever their points of view, will find . . . . Continue Reading »
Demythologizing Conclaves
by George WeigelDebunking myths about papal conclaves will, I hope, function as a stabilizer, as the waters surrounding the Barque of Peter will likely get more turbulent before the next conclave meets in the Sistine Chapel beneath the stern gaze of Christ the Judge. Continue Reading »
The Rise of Byzantium
by Mark BauerleinPaul Stephenson joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, New Rome: The Empire in the East. Continue Reading »
Lent, Gianlorenzo Bernini, and the Liberating Lightness of Truth
by George WeigelAs the Church enters Lent 2022, it is well to reflect on and pray over the Catholic understanding that doctrine is light, powerful, and liberating, which some parts of the world Church seem to have forgotten. Continue Reading »
St. Peter's Square
by Marc Alan Di MartinoColumns rooted like treeswreathe the square beneatha turquoise-splattered sky.The fountains, given the weather,adorn their hats with a feather. —Marc Alan Di . . . . 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 »
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