Superheroes and Saints

by Alexi Sargeant

Stan Lee wrote heroes at a human scale whom we could relate to very directly, whose triumphs we could cheer, and hopefully emulate. Continue Reading »

19 Nov 2018

Callistus I

by Mike Aquilina

Tertullian tore his dalmatic.Hippolytus had a cow.Both became schismaticwhen Callistus stood the prow. He had a heart for sinners,for concubines and such.His patience with beginnersthey found a bit too much. They fled from the forgiving,the laxity and taints.But there’s hope for all us livingif . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2018

The Hidden Splendor of
the Church

by Jane Sloan Peters

As the McCarrick story unraveled, three young laypeople advanced along the path to sainthood. Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2018

Mother Seton and the American Crisis

by William Doino Jr.

If American Catholics are looking for a Christian role model during these turbulent times, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton—the first American-born saint—is a wonderful choice. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2017

A Papal Tutor of Heroic Virtue

by George Weigel

To teach prayer and holiness to edgy adolescents is no small achievement. To do it under the pressures of a homicidal Nazi Occupation is remarkable. To do it with a future pope means that Jan Tyranowski’s lessons extend far beyond Dębniki and touch the entire world. Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017

Shūsaku Endō’s Swamp

by John T. R. Terry

Silence questions whether Christianity can take root in the swamp of Japan—echoing medieval tales of bringing the Gospel to hostile territory. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2016

Mother Teresa’s Inspiration Day and Ours

by Br. Michael Baggot

Those of us who aspire to transform the public square with some fraction of St. Teresa’s success would do well to imitate first her unyielding attention to divine communion and spiritual discernment of the signs of the times. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2016

Segregated in Death

by Peter J. Leithart

It is hard to mourn together while we have different understandings of death and the sacred. Continue Reading »

29 Jul 2016

John Paul II's “Beloved Krakow”

by George Weigel

Several years ago, Father Raymond de Souza, one of my fellow faculty members at an annual Kraków-based summer seminar on Catholic social doctrine, made a trenchant observation about the city John Paul II used to call “my beloved Kraków.” Kraków, Father de Souza observed, was the city where . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2015

Thin Places

by Timothy George

Several years ago, my son Christian and I, along with our friend David from Brazil, made a pilgrimage to Skellig Michael. Skellig is the Irish word for “rock,” and Skellig Michael is a rocky mountain island jutting 700 feet out of the icy waters of the North Atlantic, just off the coast of County Kerry in western Ireland.

2 Nov 2015