American Politics

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A House Built on Sand

Benedict Kiely

To visit the tomb of Servant of God József Cardinal Mindszenty, in Esztergom, Hungary, is, in a…

A Public Church, not a Partisan Church

George Weigel

WARSAW. The temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party and its program is a…

The Theology of Hope

Josef Seifert

Austrian Catholic philosopher Josef Seifert is former Dietrich von Hildebrand Chair of Realist Phenomenology at the International Academy…

John Paul II, Youth Minister

George Weigel

Pole that he was, Karol Wojtyła had a well developed sense of historical irony. So from his…

Cold Vulgarity

Josh Mayo

The promise of critical thinking often fails to deliver, as many commentators have shown. But as world…

In Persona Christi Capitis

Jonathan Mitchican

In the wake of the McCarrick revelations and the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, I…

Paul VI and the Canonization of Vatican II

Jake Neu

On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI as the 82nd saint among the…

Defining the Thing

Dan Hitchens

This column is an appeal to poets—and to aphorists, headline-writers, comedians, songwriters, meme-makers, philosophers and anyone with…

Steve Bannon’s European Movement

Alessandra Bocchi

Is Europe’s new populist movement exclusively a rightwing phenomenon, or does it seek to unite anti-establishment forces…

Reproductive Injustice

Charles C. Camosy

Trust Women:A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justiceby rebecca todd petersbeacon, 248 pages, $27.95 In Trust Women, Rebecca…

A Loving Ambivalence

Helen Andrews

The Controversy of Valladolid of 1550 was one of the great dramatic set pieces of the Spanish…

When Justice Fails

Peter J. Leithart

God has given the United States over to divisive blindness and stupidity. Americans watched Dr. Christine Blasey…

The Whole World Groans

Michael Hanby

St. Jerome, angry over the protracted Arian crisis and the apparent victory of the “semi-Arians” at the…

Rage Politics on the Left

R. R. Reno

What are we to make of the political knife-fight over the Brett Kavanaugh nomination? One thing to…

Oh Where Was God?

Joseph Mirra

O where was God when all things fell apart;When with the fury went our hopes and dreams?We…