American Politics
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Liturgy and Laity
Una Voce: The History of the Foederatio Internationalis Una Vocen by leo darroch gracewing, 504 pages, $35 In…
Letters
Marian Controversies In his review of my book, Mary and the Art of Prayer, Nathan Ristuccia (“Our…
Steven Pinker’s Muscular Secularism
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progressby steven pinker viking, 576 pages, $35 Steven…
Standard Procedures
I am standing in the waiting room of the ultrasound clinic, speaking with my doctor on the…
The Miracles of Judas
On a recent Sunday at Mass, I heard again the words of Mark’s gospel in which Jesus…
An Invitation to the Laity
My Fellow Catholics, On July 28, I sent the letter below to my bishop, the Most Reverend…
Sabbath Deification
Israel gathers at Sinai on the third day of the third month after leaving Egypt (Exod. 19:16).…
The Hidden Splendor of the Church
Since June 20, revelations of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of preying sexually on young men, including…
That Most Prophetic Letter
Since Pope (soon to be Saint) Paul VI published Humanae Vitae fifty years ago this week, that…
Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae
July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of…
Promoting Predators
What did the American bishops know, and when did they know it? This is the question everyone…
If … Only They Would Read the Poem
Postcolonial theory—the intellectual rationale for the imperialist imposition of our cultural orthodoxies on all people everywhere—claimed another…
What Bibi and Orban Can Shake On
If a geopolitical observer had predicted a decade ago that Israel and Saudi Arabia would one day…
Poland’s Christian Migrants
Across the West, an electoral backlash against large-scale immigration has contributed to the successes of populist movements…
State of the Nation
Twenty years ago, for the July/August 1998 issue of Books & Culture, I wrote a column titled…
