Catholicism

COMMENTARY AT THE NAME OF JESUS In the mid-1970s a good number of Jesuit colleges, universities, and…

COMMENTARY WANTED: SERIOUS THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL CHALLENGE  RESPONSES TO THE SYNOD’S SECOND ROUND OF DISCUSSION-GROUP REPORTS On…

Pole that he was, Karol Wojtyła had a well developed sense of historical irony. So from his…

COMMENTARY NAMES GAMES Synods are unique bodies, but the Synod fathers can learn things from the experience…

COMMENTARY THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING EARLY AND OFTEN (AS THEY SAY IN CHICAGO) Although some ambiguities remain…

COMMENTARY “I HAVE IT TO DO” Dean Gooderham Acheson, whom some consider the greatest Secretary of State…

On October 14, 2018, Pope Francis will canonize Pope Paul VI as the 82nd saint among the…

COMMENTARY       ANNOUNCING THE GOOD NEWS, URGENTLY The last decade of the pontificate of Pope Paul…

COMMENTARY SOME RESPONSES TO THE FIRST REPORTS OF THE SYNOD’S DISCUSSION GROUPS On October 9, the Vatican…

Is Europe’s new populist movement exclusively a rightwing phenomenon, or does it seek to unite anti-establishment forces…

Perspective is at least as important when reading the signs of the times as it is in…

COMMENTARY The Kavanaugh Battle, the Synod, and the Vocation of Public Service These are not easy days to…

COMMENTARY Revisiting “Realities and Ideas”  “Realities are greater than ideas” has become one of the signature phrases…

COMMENTARY SOPHIE SCHOLL, JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, AND THE SYNOD It would be interesting to know how many of…

COMMENTARY ON IMPROVING THE SYNOD’S INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS: PART TWO In yesterday’s Letter, your editor offered several suggestions…