Catholicism
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Is Pope Francis a Heretic?
Nineteen theologians and academics recently released a letter to all Catholic bishops throughout the world, accusing Pope…
Jesuits and The Catholic Mind
My first brush with the Society of Jesus was not a positive one. I was in eighth…
Our Lady of Hope
In Georges Bernanos’s historical play Dialogues of the Carmelites, the scene is grim for the Catholic Church.…
Faith Amid Corruption
The Catholic Church in the West is full of corruption—financial, sexual, and spiritual. We are forced to…
Restauration
(English Version | Version française) Michel Houellebecq: Il existe en France, beaucoup d’Américains l’ignorent sans doute, un mouvement…
The Living Stones of Notre-Dame
This homily was preached at the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, April 18, 2019, at…
Father Martin Corrects Cardinal Tobin
In an April 17, 2019, interview on the Today Show, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark,…
Benedict and His Critics
Pope Francis is happy with Benedict XVI’s profound analysis of the reasons behind the abuse crisis in…
The Next America
Nearly a decade ago, Archbishop Charles Chaput warned religious believers to prepare for the “Next America.” He predicted that…
Lessons from Father Schall
When Fr. James V. Schall (January 20, 1928–April 17, 2019) retired from teaching political philosophy at Georgetown…
The Ratzinger Diagnosis
Published a week short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy…
Heaven is Real
During Holy Week I sometimes think of the Woman in the Bus. The bus in question went…
9/11 in France
This interview with Rémi Brague, conducted by Jérôme Cordelier, was originally published in the French weekly Le Point.…
Fire in the Cathedral
It doesn’t matter how the fire started. The cause of such disasters is always sin. Perhaps it…
The Easter Effect Today
Some two millennia ago, a ragtag bunch of nobodies learned what their tortured and executed friend, the…
