The Current Crisis

by George Weigel

For a lay-led investigation to be successful, it must get full buy-in and continual cooperation from the bishops.  Continue Reading »

15 Aug 2018

Liturgy and Laity

by Alcuin Reid

Una Voce:  The History of the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce by leo darroch  gracewing, 504 pages, $35 In 1965, Evelyn Waugh wrote to the archbishop of Westminster of the growing tide of liturgical changes: “Every attendance at Mass leaves me without comfort or edification. I shall . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2018

Air Turbulence and the Resurrection

by George Weigel

For all the challenges it faces, the Church in the U.S. is in far better condition to withstand the turbulence of the moment than it was forty years ago.  Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2018

Fenton Returns

by Patrick Carey

The Church of Christ:  A Collection of Essays by Monsignor Joseph C. Fenton by joseph clifford fenton edited with an introduction by christian d. washburn cluny, 362 pages, $25.95 Laying the Foundation:  A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology by joseph clifford fenton . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

For Love of God and of Us

by R. J. Matava

Germain Gabriel Grisez, a man of the Church and one of the greatest thinkers of our age, passed away on February 1.  Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2018

The Bridge That George Lindbeck Built

by C. C. Pecknold

With his “cultural-linguistic” approach to Christianity, George Lindbeck hoped to find a way for ecclesial theology to reenter the university. Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2018

Trimming the Ark

by Christopher Derrick

The ark of the Church goes floating down the centuries, having only the task of staying afloat until the waters subside—certain to disappoint those who want the thrill of a speedboat trip.  Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2017

The Possibility of a Catholic Social Order

by P. J. Smith

An interview with Peter Kwasniewski, a professor at Wyoming Catholic College and author of A Reader in Catholic Social Teaching. Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2017

Briefly Noted

by Nathaniel Peters

On the Road to Vatican II: German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Churchby ulrich l. lehnerfortress, 414 pages, $49 On the Road to Vatican II focuses on German and ­Austrian theological debates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as examples of the Catholic Enlightenment. Historians . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2017

It's Howdy Doody Time!

by George Weigel

Father X’s insistence on turning parts of the Mass into the children’s hour bespeaks several problems. Continue Reading »

21 Jun 2017