Catholicism
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How Cardinal Wuerl Misled the Papal Foundation
In 2017, Cardinal Donald Wuerl provided false and misleading information to the board of the Papal Foundation…
Benedict and the Scandal
Writing nearly half a century ago (1970), the Italian Catholic philosopher Augusto Del Noce noted that I…
Benedict Speaks
Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus…
Looking at Christ
Originally published as “Christus im Blick” in the March 28, 2019, issue of Die Tagespost. We are…
Belgium After Danneels
The March death of eighty-five-year-old Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the famously liberal Catholic archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and primate…
Purity in the Digital Age
When my family lived in Colorado, one of our greatest pleasures was the long drive west from…
The High-Priced Spread, Revisited
Readers of a certain vintage (say, over sixty) will remember the Imperial Margarine TV ad that dismissed…
An Open Letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx
Your Eminence: I noted with interest your recent announcement of a “binding synodal process” during which the…
Christ-Haunted George Saunders
In his 2013 article “The Catholic Writer Today,” Dana Gioia argued that the term “Catholic writer” no…
A Tale of Two Georges
When a pope is elected, the cardinals who have just chosen him make their way to the…
California Threatens the Seal of Confession
On February 20, California Democratic State Senator Jerry Hill, whose affluent, liberal-leaning district encompasses the San Francisco…
Redeeming the Time with St. Patrick
Every St. Patrick’s Day, some people insist on repeating “surprising” facts about Ireland’s patron saint. One of…
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice,…
Our Dreyfus Case
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds…
The Pell Affair: Australia Is Now on Trial
Has it occurred to anyone else debating the perverse verdict rendered against Cardinal George Pell, which convicted…
