Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Look! It Is Jesus
What do Catholics believe happens to the bread and wine that are consecrated during the Liturgy of…
Betraying the Legacy of John Paul II
The most controversial document of this controversial pontificate, the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, is again at the center…
Extraordinary Coincidence, Contemporary Lesson
Forty years after Pope John Paul II bent the course of the 20th century in a more…
Scandal in South Carolina
A priest was recently placed on administrative leave in my own Diocese of Charleston. Fr. Raymond Flores,…
On the New “Nationalism”
Thanks to President Trump’s “America First” rhetoric and the rise of populist-nationalist parties in Europe, there’s a…
Resurrection in Albania
A visit to Albania today reminds the traveler of the worst of modernity and the fall of…
The Terror of Goodbye
For more than a hundred days I have been ill with a condition called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a rare and unpleasant…
The Quiet Hours of Leonid Brezhnev
On first meeting Dr. Andrzej Grajewski, you probably wouldn’t guess that this mild-mannered Polish historian is one…
What She Asks, She Obtains
When historian Henry Adams and his fellow Americans—including Augustus St. Gaudens, Margaret Terry Chanler, Willa Cather, and…
Magisterial Liberalism
Pride month has once again come and gone. As in previous years, entire sections of major cities…
Icons on Ammo Boxes
Throughout the 20th century—the greatest period of martyrdom in history—persecuted Christians used the dross of this world…
Communion and Ecclesial Governance
Last week, Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson declared that Brebeuf Jesuit High School is no longer a Catholic…
They Did Nothing But Pray
My birthday, January 12, is also the anniversary of an event that had a more fundamental and…
Whose Republic? Which “Liberalism”?
Extra credit question: Name the author of this admonition about the insecure cultural foundations and potentially perilous…
High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later
Thirty years ago last week, Poland began to self-liberate from communism through the first semi-free elections held…
