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

Such a Wreckage

by Dan Hitchens

John 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 »

18 Sep 2017 0

Justice for Jahi

by Wesley J. Smith

Doctors declared Jahi McMath brain-dead in 2013—but recent evidence suggests she is still alive. Continue Reading »

15 Sep 2017 0

Democrats, Republicans, and Homeless Voters

by Pete Spiliakos

Neither Democrats nor Republicans understand the voters who switched from supporting Obama to supporting Trump. Continue Reading »

14 Sep 2017 0

Holy Routine

by Martin Mosebach

Sacrosanctum concilium declared that the liturgy should be “freed from unnecessary repetition.” But the Roman Missal's many repetitions are intentional—and express eternity. Continue Reading »

14 Sep 2017 0

Heilige Gewohnheit

by Martin Mosebach

The original German version of Martin Mosebach's recent article “Holy Routine.” Continue Reading »

14 Sep 2017 0

Speaker Ryan Invites a Social Doctrine Conversation

by George Weigel

Paul Ryan is a longstanding advocate of decentralizing social welfare programs, but this does not mean he is deficient in either his moral commitment to the poor or his understanding of Catholic social doctrine. Continue Reading »

13 Sep 2017 0