American Politics
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Maintenance vs. Mission
Just when the Long Lent of 2002 was coming to a boil in March of that year,…
Europe’s Libyan Battleground
Libya was in the spotlight recently when heavy infighting between militias in Tripoli caused more than fifty…
Wendell Berry Goes to School
Wendell Berry and Higher Education:Cultivating Virtues of Placeby jack r. baker and jeffrey bilbrouniversity press of kentucky,…
Sentiment Without Sentimentality
A Carnival of Losses:Notes Nearing Ninetyby donald hallhoughton mifflin harcourt, 224 pages, $25 Even in antiquity, some…
Saving Synod-2018 From Itself
Anyone looking for a remedy for insomnia might try working through the Instrumentum Laboris, or “working document,”…
We Will Not Yield
In 1977 my parents came to the difficult conclusion that there was no future for them and…
The Imperative of the Imperium
In “The End of the Imperial Episcopate,” Fr. Jay Scott Newman speculates about the Church’s current situation. One…
No Salvation Without the Other
In the aftermath of Archbishop Viganò’s fresh detailing of Catholic clerical scandal and his call for the…
Unmasking Monsters
Midway through Revelation, John sees a pantomime of the Gospel’s beginning, enacted in the sky (Rev. 12).…
Fr. Gavancho’s Fate
In July, a new associate pastor arrived at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in downtown Santa Barbara,…
St. Michael, Pray for Us
I’m a student of pubs. Maybe it’s because my dad owned one. Maybe it’s because they smell…
Full-Immersion Catholicism
As this Catholic annus horribilis continues to unfold, perhaps some good news is in order; first, a little…
Out at St. Paul
I have never seen so many male churchgoers in short shorts. As the priest concludes Mass, my…
The Church’s Future Beauty
Institutions populated by humans are flawed, filthy things, whether families, corporations, universities, or dioceses. The sibilant hiss…
Art Rethought
I’m writing next to a stack of books, atop which is one of the most contrarian and…
