A Call to Ordinary Heroism

by L. S. Dugdale

Every day at the hospital, I encounter ordinary heroes.  Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2020 0

Easter Without Mass?

by Douglas Farrow

I have yet to learn how asking everyone to remain at home at Easter is an extraordinary measure proper to the Church.  Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2020 0

Uncertainty and the Christian

by Ephraim Radner

The uncertainties of the present are the building blocks of hope, not its detritus. Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2020 0

Coronavirus Diary: New York, April 3–5

by R. R. Reno

What has this crisis revealed about you and me? About our society? About our churches? Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2020 0

Coronavirus Calls for Conversion

by Gabriele Kuby

The question of God has been muffled by prosperity, but suddenly it’s not so easy to ignore. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020 0

Why We Can’t Confess Over Zoom

by Dominic M. Langevin, O.P.

The sacrament of penance requires both joint physical presence and live, interpersonal action between the penitent and priest-confessor. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020 0

Looking Forward to the Peaceable Kingdom

by John Wilson

What I am reading may lead unexpectedly to this moment, even if there is seemingly no connection. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020 0

Coronavirus Diary: New York, April 2

by R. R. Reno

The “time of exception” is becoming normal. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2020 0

The Case For Drive-In Masses

by Gregory Pine, O.P.

If online Mass becomes a regular practice over the course of months, it could subtly undermine the local, communal, and cultic dimensions of Catholic worship.  Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2020 0

Meditating on COVID-19

by Hans Boersma

Does our collective preoccupation with the coronavirus get in the way of our ecclesial calling to meditate upon Jesus’s passion? Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2020 0