Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
I, It, Thou
Martin Buber’s classic I and Thou describes a doubleness in human life that is captured by two…
Learning to Love Our Earthly Home
Congratulations to Trenton Mattingly for winning second place in our third annual Student Essay Contest. Here is…
Italy’s Rebellion
Identity, tradition, and religion have new prominence in Italy after the recent election. The Northern League, once…
Getting Ready for Synod-2018
The headline on a March 3 story at the Crux website was certainly arresting: “Cardinal on charges…
The Lamb in the Confessional
Chateaubriand’s autobiography, Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb, evokes a series of times and places as various as the…
Liberal Integralism
I’m baffled when people warn of the dangers of “Catholic integralism.” Last year, the Jesuit magazine La…
Learning from the White Rose
Seventy-five years ago last month, Sophie and Hans Scholl and their friend Christian Probst were executed by…
Is There a Saving Truth?
This is the fourth in a series of reflections by Cardinal Müller on questions of present importance…
The Unexpectedly Non-controversial Placuit Deo
On Thursday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a letter to the Catholic bishops…
When Catholics Criticize the Pope
C. S. Lewis never read the newspapers. Though this habit led to some memorable blunders—he was under…
Discernment Über Alles
The German bishops have announced that they will soon publish new guidelines for reception of the Holy…
Humility and the Host
In 1950, Pope Pius XII cautioned against the “historicist” mentality which is inclined to measure the merit…
The Call to Gift
This text is adapted from the funeral homily for Don J. Briel, professor at the University of…
Rethinking “Mission Territory”
In his June 1908 apostolic constitution, Sapienti Consilio, Pope Pius X decreed that, as of November 3…
Conscience and Grace: A Lenten Meditation
The scriptures of Lent in the Church’s daily liturgy invite two related reflections. The weeks immediately preceding…
