Catholicism
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The Difference Easter Makes
One of the striking things about the Easter and post-Easter narratives in the New Testament is that…
John Paul II’s American Legacy
If ever there was a pope of global stature it was St. John Paul II. He took…
Clearing the Waters
I had the privilege of working for Blessed John Paul II for nine years. As a young…
John XXIII and John Paul II
Pope Francis’s bold decisions to canonize Blessed John XXIII without the normal post-beatification miracle, and to link…
Bridging a False Divide
Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the Old Testament, sidled over to me…
Lent: the Annual Catechumenate
Historians of the Roman liturgy generally reckon the restorations of the Easter Vigil (by Pius XII) and…
The Acid Bath of Ingratitude
Early last week, there was a terrible accident. A young mother, driving on icy Wyoming roads, lost…
Husserl’s Students
Dietrich von Hildebrand and Edith Stein: Husserl’s Students by dr. alice von hildebrandroman catholic books, 52 pages,…
Time to Accommodate the Divorce Revolution?
In the wake of the divorce revolution that swept Europe and the Americas over the last half-century,…
Christina Rossetti’s Lenten Life
The Victorian poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) is most celebrated for her popular Christmas carols, but her most…
Ash Wednesday in Rome
Half an hour before sunrise on Ash Wednesday, hundreds of English-speakers from all over Rome will begin…
A date to remember
Papal approbation being no bad thing, I was delighted to learn that Pope Francis, in a homily…
The John Paul II difference in 1989
Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1989, a joint statement from the communist government of Poland, the…
The Problem of Place in Douglas Farrow’s Ascension Theology
Come up here,” Jesus said to John, and at once John was standing before his throne (Revelation…
The Smoke of Satan Returns
IIn 1972, on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Paul VI delivered a sermon that…
