The Ecumenical Gospel

by Peter J. Leithart

Is the gospel identical with the Protestant doctrine of salvation? Or is the gospel a message about God's Son that Protestants and Catholics affirm together? Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2016 0

Escaping the Narcisphere

by Chris R. Morgan

Any mention of “narcissism,” by this time, should cause in most thinking people a kind of Inigo Montoya reaction: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Continue Reading »

17 Nov 2016 0

Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor

by George Weigel

The remarkable, wonderful story of Curtis Dagley and the Poles who remembered him with gratitude seventy years later is a poignant reminder of real American greatness. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2016 0

Willa Cather’s Answer to Exile

by Timothy P. Schilling

For Cather, human life is an experience of exile and homesickness. We are all separated from our true homeland—from that place where we are entirely in our element. We live outside the gates of Paradise, at odds with God, our neighbor, and the natural world. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2016 0

A Childhood Gone to the Dogs

by K. E. Colombini

Dogs and cats are great. They can scare away burglars and mice. They can appear to give you unconditional love—more so, perhaps, than some children. But they cannot take the place of family. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2016 0

A Right to Assisted Suicide for the Institutionalized Mentally Ill

by Wesley J. Smith

The state is abandoning the institutionalized terminally ill to their darkest impulses. This isn’t compassion. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2016 0

Where I Was Wrong Part III: Taxes, Work, and Family

by Pete Spiliakos

I spent the 1990s and the first half of the previous decade thinking way too much about cutting taxes and way too little about labor-force participation and family structure among America’s low-skilled workforce. I had the vague idea that, if taxes were low and efficient, the rest would work out . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Nov 2016 0

Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”

by George Weigel

Pivotal Players is a follow-up to Bishop Barron’s immensely successful ten-part mega-series, Catholicism, the most compelling presentation of the symphony of Catholic truth ever created for modern media. Key figures in Catholic history appeared throughout the original series to illustrate this truth of the faith or that facet of the Catholic experience. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2016 0

​No Mystical Body on the Religious Right

by James R. Rogers

The ecclesiology implicit in what Moore commends is a familiar one—even, arguably, a historical one for many Protestants. “Church” is here understood as an association of individuals who give mental assent to the same religious ideology. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2016 0

​The Blue Angel Syndrome

by William Doino Jr.

Many years ago, flipping through the channels, I came across an old black-and-white film, made in German with English subtitles. It was called Der blaue Engel—“The Blue Angel”—and I’ve never forgotten it since. Starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings, and directed by Josef von . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2016 0