Catholicism

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What the Pope Should Do. We’re Waiting

David Gelernter

Not for many generations has the Church amassed as much prestige as it has under John Paul…

Evangelical Challenges for Vatican Diplomacy

George Weigel

The bilateral diplomacy of the Holy See is unique in world affairs, in that it has little…

A Fourth Francis

Ulrich L. Lehner

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in March 2013, many wrote about the significance of the…

The Word and the Rule of Faith

Peter J. Leithart

Evangelicalism is awash in the 3Rs: retrieval, renewal, and ressourcement. As Michael Allen and Scott Swain explain…

Nonsense on “Sixty Minutes”

George Weigel

Sixty Minutes,” the CBS News “magazine” that helped redefine television journalism, prides itself on challenging conventional wisdom,…

Joy in Chastity

William Doino Jr.

In 2006, Dawn Eden wrote The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On.…

The Great Charter at 800

Charles J. Chaput

These remarks were delivered at Brigham Young University, January 23, as part of BYU’s on-going “Faith, Family…

The Future of Catholic Schools and the Future of America

Peter M. J. Stravinskas

Catholic schools have kept generations of immigrant children in the bosom of the Church while helping to…

Catholicism Before and After 1963

Gerald J. Russello

In trying to understand the extraordinary changes the Catholic Church underwent in the middle of the twentieth…

Owning Our Baptism

George Weigel

The transfer of the celebration of the Epiphany to a Sunday from January 6 (the solemnity’s traditional…

Africa’s Catholic Moment

George Weigel

According to an old Vatican aphorism, “We think in centuries here.” Viewed through that long-distance lens, the…

Who Am I To Judge?

Anonymous

At noon I have to be at the local Catholic school—let’s call it St. Dismas—to train altar…

Francis, Filtered

George Weigel

About a year ago, I suggested to one of the top editors of a major American newspaper…

Bonhoeffer in Advent

Timothy George

The year was 1943, and another Advent had dawned for Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer loved Advent…

A Witness, in Life and Letters

William Doino Jr.

Born in Britain in 1923, and educated at Eton and Oxford, Philip Trower is a Catholic writer…