A Memoir I Never Expected to Write
by George WeigelGeorge Weigel's Lessons in Hope is full of stories that together present a deeply etched portrait of Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading »
Predigested Obsolescence
by Carl R. TruemanLet the church be the church, and leave therapy to the therapists—or the politicians. Continue Reading »
Camille Paglia's Teaching
by Mark BauerleinCamille Paglia believes there is a causal connection between young Americans’ ignorance of history and their dim view of present conditions. Continue Reading »
Encomium for an Evangelical Catholic
by Carl E. BraatenRobert W. Jenson is by all odds the greatest American Lutheran theologian ever. Continue Reading »
Can These Bones Live?
by Victor Lee AustinWhat is now for us to do is to commend Robert Jenson to that Word who has overcome death and who speaks to the dead: We commend him to Jesus his Lord. Continue Reading »
St. Rich, Pray for Us
by Mark RegnerusTwenty years ago today the Christian world lost Rich Mullins, one of its most beloved unifiers. Continue Reading »
Back to the Liturgy Wars
by P. J. SmithProducing a genuinely beautiful translation of the Roman Missal would go some distance in satisfying young Catholics’ hunger for beauty. Continue Reading »
Such a Wreckage
by Dan HitchensJohn Bradburne—the saintly ascetic murdered in 1979 while caring for lepers in Rhodesia—was also the most prolific poet in the English language. Continue Reading »
Justice for Jahi
by Wesley J. SmithDoctors declared Jahi McMath brain-dead in 2013—but recent evidence suggests she is still alive. Continue Reading »
Democrats, Republicans, and Homeless Voters
by Pete SpiliakosNeither Democrats nor Republicans understand the voters who switched from supporting Obama to supporting Trump. Continue Reading »
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