Pope Francis on the Development of Doctrine

by P. J. Smith

Pope Francis recently declared that the death penalty is “per se contrary to the Gospel”—but this statement is flatly untraditional according to Church history. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2017 0

The Limits of Irony

by Dan Hitchens

Our age of irony has its dangers—irony can be useful for stripping away nonsense, but not for making sense of things.  Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2017 0

Being Alive is the First Requirement for Moral Value

by Wesley J. Smith

Artificial intelligence machines have no greater moral claim to our respect or ethical consideration than a broken toaster. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2017 0

How Vulgarity Normalizes Predators

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

The more we embrace vulgarity and the breaking of taboos as liberating, the more predators will flourish.  Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2017 0

Our Ancient Debt to Alcuin

by John Duggan

We ignore the educational visionaries of the so-called Dark Ages—Charlemagne, Alcuin, Alfred the Great—at our peril. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2017 0

On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

by Charles J. Chaput

Believing Catholics and Protestants alike sit by the rivers of New Babylon, paradoxically linked in a love for Jesus Christ, but wrapped in a hundred forms of entangling captivity. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2017 0

The Insanity of the Regular Republican

by Pete Spiliakos

The best politicians on the right have wasted the years since Mitt Romney’s 2012 defeat. 
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12 Oct 2017 0

A Tale of Two Christendoms

by Matthew Schmitz

The Paris Statement decries the faux Christendom of democracy, but we will need more than local patriotism and recollection of Christian roots to combat it.  Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2017 0

The Catechism of the Catholic Church at 25

by George Weigel

The Catechism of the Catholic Church established a compelling, and in many cases quite beautifully written, benchmark and pattern for the future. Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2017 0

Thomas Joseph White Teaches Catholicism

by Mary Eberstadt

Fr. Thomas Joseph White’s The Light of Christ is a most unusual combination of literary humility and splendid erudition. Continue Reading »

10 Oct 2017 0