Catholicism
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With Cardinal Sarah, the Liturgy Is in Good Hands
Ever since I first read the Letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the 1950s, one passage…
Retrieval for the Sake of Renewal
Several years ago Mark Noll wrote an article titled “So You’re A Baptist—,” in which he asked:…
The Fifty-Day Party
If you can find it in your attic, open your old, pre–Vatican II missal, and look at…
Ratzinger Rising
When Joseph Ratzinger resigned as Pope Benedict XVI, some of his opponents predicted, unkindly, that his abdication…
Let’s Not Make a Deal…at Least this Deal
Helping those who have broken away from the Catholic Church come back into full communion is a…
Homage to a Christian Humanist
When John T. Noonan, Jr. died last week at the age of 90, the American people lost…
Anti-Christianity in France
On the day after François Fillon’s victory in the Republican primary in France last November, the leftist…
The Papal View from the Global South
This Economy Kills: Pope Francis on Capitalism and Social Justiceby andrea tornielli and giacomo galeazzi, trans. by…
A Springtime of Hope for Catholic Education
Recent announcements out of two Catholic colleges appear to provide both good news and bad news about…
Five Lessons from Francis de Sales
Given the growing challenges now facing Christians, a valuable source to turn to, for wisdom and strength,…
A Bishop of Consequence
When I first met Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., more than twenty years ago, I was struck…
The Two Faces of Amoris Laetitia
Two completely different—and logically incompatible—arguments in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried have figured in…
Pope Francis’s Achilles Heel
In a recent interview with the German paper Die Zeit, Pope Francis declared, “I am a sinner…
Pope Francis as Historian
During a friendly meeting on January 19 with an ecumenical delegation from Finland, Pope Francis affirmed his…
On “Owning” the Church
The question of “who owns the Church” has had a stormy history in Catholic America, although the…
