Catholicism
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Holy Routine
This year marks the three hundredth birthday of one of the most influential art scholars ever to…
Speaker Ryan Invites a Social Doctrine Conversation
CNN is not the customary locale-of-choice for a catechesis on Catholic social doctrine. But that’s what Paul…
On Mere Protestantism
Today, we launch a new Protestant confession: The Reforming Catholic Confession. In honor of the five-hundredth anniversary…
Christianity Is For Cucks
“Dishevelled white men were staring ahead with vague, uncomprehending eyes, to the end of the room where…
It is Written in the Book
All good Catholics know that nominalism is a Bad Thing. Nominalism is the substitution of “names” for…
From Hippo to Nashville
In lectures over the last couple of years, I have frequently mentioned Philip Rieff’s Psychological Man as…
What Mary Teaches
A couple of decades ago, when I was a theology professor, I got a call from my…
The Pope and the President
The past summer has seen no shortage of controversy in Washington. Until the catastrophe in Houston, the…
Mary, Foundress of America
Earlier this summer, I led the first pilgrimage from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to the Basilica…
Mother Seton and the American Crisis
As America’s troubles intensify, and anger and violence spread, it’s essential for people of good will, especially those…
Catholicism in the Modern World
Rev. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is associate professor of systematic theology and director of the Thomistic Institute…
Revelation on Tap: Vatican I and the “Amoris Laetitia” Controversy
In AD 866, Pope St. Nicholas I condemned the use of torture for extracting confessions as a…
Whence the Convert Problem?
I was initially perplexed by the recent dust-up over converts in the Catholic commentariat. It seemed an…
Pope Benedict’s Red Thread
One shouldn’t speak of a “cult of personality” when describing the papal devotional items that are offered…
A Church That Is A Home
Writing in Commonweal, Massimo Faggioli complains that the Catholic Church in America is dominated by converts—including me. Faggioli is a…
