Catholicism
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Finding St. Anthony
St. Anthony of Padua, follower of St. Francis, was a renowned preacher, Scripture scholar, and legendary miracle-worker.…
The Difference Cardinal George Made
On September 2, 1939, the House of Commons debated the British government’s response to the German invasion…
Notre Dame’s Core Curriculum Review
Much has already been written on the University of Notre Dame’s current core curriculum review—and on its…
The Hero of Hungary
Today, we mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, a courageous Hungarian prelate…
Doctrix Teresa: A Churchly Theologian
This year marks the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, best known to…
Pope v. Paganism
The pagan temptation,” as the philosopher Thomas Molnar once described it, is hardly new—the Church has been…
Confession and the Armenian Genocide
My grandmother often talked about her father’s crucifixion to my mother and my aunt. Today my aunt…
When We Cared
Today, we mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 24th, 1915, the nationalist Young…
A Genocide Remembered and Denied
On the night of April 24, 1915, as Constantinople’s Armenian community was deep in slumber following Easter…
Death, Distraction, and Modern Liberal Tastes
Last week I had to deliver a guest lecture at a liberal arts college entitled ‘”Each day…
Pope Francis and Zero Tolerance
The outcry against Pope Francis’s appointment of Chilean Bishop Juan Barros—who has long been associated with a…
The Friday We Call Good
The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we…
Dismantling the Cross
Generally speaking, there are two principal vocations in the life of the Catholic Church: marriage on the…
St. John Paul II and the “Tyranny of the Possible”
The reputations of the great often diminish over time. Ten years after his holy death on April…
The Indomitable and Effective Cardinal Pell
Shortly after George Pell was named Archbishop of Melbourne, he instituted several reforms at the archdiocesan seminary,…
