Civility and Church Life

by Charles J. Chaput

Some of the recent attacks on Fr. James Martin have been inexcusably ugly; like all of us as fellow Christians, he deserves to be treated with fraternal good will.  Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2017 0

Obergefell and the Right to Other People’s Children

by Jeff Shafer

Individuals in same-sex partnerships are now claiming the right to be listed on the birth certificates of their partners' children—as parents. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2017 0

Mashallah: What God Wants, Happens

by Francesca Aran Murphy

A liberalized Islam is what many people say the world needs, but it’s not obvious how that will come about. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2017 0

Predigested Obsolescence

by Carl R. Trueman

Let the church be the church, and leave therapy to the therapists—or the politicians. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2017 0

A Memoir I Never Expected to Write

by George Weigel

George Weigel's Lessons in Hope is full of stories that together present a deeply etched portrait of Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2017 0

Camille Paglia's Teaching

by Mark Bauerlein

Camille Paglia believes there is a causal connection between young Americans’ ignorance of history and their dim view of present conditions.  Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2017 0

Encomium for an Evangelical Catholic

by Carl E. Braaten

Robert W. Jenson is by all odds the greatest American Lutheran theologian ever. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2017 0

Can These Bones Live?

by Victor Lee Austin

What 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 »

19 Sep 2017 0

St. Rich, Pray for Us

by Mark Regnerus

Twenty years ago today the Christian world lost Rich Mullins, one of its most beloved unifiers.  Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2017 0

Back to the Liturgy Wars

by P. J. Smith

Producing a genuinely beautiful translation of the Roman Missal would go some distance in satisfying young Catholics’ hunger for beauty. Continue Reading »

18 Sep 2017 0