Catholicism
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Joe Biden: When The Last Hurrah Met Catholic Lite
Four years ago, this column praised the courage of Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, then-president of…
The Lessons of Fr. Paul Mankowski
Paul Mankowski, S.J., who died unexpectedly four years ago this past fall, was the kind of priest…
From Doubting Thomas to Doubting Peter?
Ralph Fiennes is a remarkable actor. And if he wins an Academy Award for his brilliant performance…
An Iconoclastic Inferno
The Divine Comedy: InfernoBy Dante Alighieri, Translated by Jason M. BaxterAngelico, 260 pages, $19.95 Jason M. Baxter,…
Forgiveness: A Statement by Jews and Christians
In January 2023, a group of Jewish and Christian scholars met to form a circle of study…
The Patriarch and the Palestinians
If I drink coffee at every meeting, I’ll kill someone,” His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa says when I…
Stacked Decks, “Conversation in the Spirit,” and the Catholic Future
Various cultures—English, Turkish, Chinese—claim to have invented the maxim, “The fish rots from the head down” (a…
Jubilee 2025: New Year’s Resolutions and Resources
Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s…
You Can Take That to the Bank
Jesus labeling money “Mammon” is most curious, seeing as the Aramaic term māmōnā means “faithful,” “reliable,” “true,”…
A Recipe for Getting Along with Family at Christmas
If you suspect that America is increasingly polarized, you are not alone. A Gallup Poll released in September…
How the Oxford Movement Saved Christmas
A world filled with great social and technological change, religious uncertainty, and a desire for ritual and…
On Kneeling: A Response to Cardinal Cupich
Putting “O Holy Night” on the program at Christmas Masses in Chicago this year may prove a…
Jimmy and the Patriarch, at Christmas
The post-Christmas liturgical calendar may seem a bit Scrooge-like, as the child-centered, innocent joy of the Nativity…
Why I Am Not Catholic
Speaking at the Leonine Forum in D.C. recently, I was asked a friendly but pointed question: “Why…
The Divine Light of Notre-Dame Cathedral
It was a sunny spring day in May 1959 when I entered the nave of Notre-Dame de…
