Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Suffering and Silence
I hope that Martin Scorcese’s Silence, premiering this week, will accurately capture the genius of Shusako Endo’s…
Sin in a Time of Accompaniment
While becoming a Christian, I was given a lot of space to figure out what needed to…
Why are Catholic Academics Supporting the Four Cardinals?
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a score of Catholic academics and pastors—of whom I am…
Chaplains of Death
It’s an appalling document. In a pastoral letter, ten Catholic Bishops of the Canadian Atlantic Episcopal Assembly…
An Open Letter to Pope Francis
We invite readers’ attention to The Misuse of Amoris Laetitia To Support Errors against the Catholic Faith,…
How I Changed My Mind About Pope Francis
Anyone who has stumbled across a long-forgotten diary will understand the embarrassment a journalist feels when he…
Advent with St. John of the Cross
Of all the saints of Advent, none is more attuned to the season than St. John of…
Axe of Advent
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” John the Baptist commands in a traditional Advent…
What Makes a Great Parish?
Great Catholic Parishes: How Four Essential Practices Make Them Thrive by william e. simon, jr. ave maria…
Cauldron of Resentment
The Witches: Salem, 1692by stacy schifflittle, brown and company, 496 pages, $32 Of all the catchphrases Americans…
A (Liturgical) New Year’s Resolution
If the civil new year is an occasion to resolve to Do Better in the future, the…
Wanting to Love the Pope
Back in the 1980s, the National Catholic Reporter, always a force for Church unity, ran a cartoon…
The Ecumenical Gospel
For many Evangelical Protestants, the gospel is justification by grace alone through faith alone. It’s the good…
Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor
Two weeks before Veterans Day, 88-year-old World War II vet Curtis Dagley of Gloucester, Massachusetts was decorated…
Willa Cather’s Answer to Exile
For me, one of the most poignant scenes in literature is the opening of Shadows on the…
