Catholicism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Fiction and Last Things
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Cassandra Nelson joins in…
Pope Francis and “Selective Indignation”
Last month, the chief rabbi of Rome accused Pope Francis of “selective indignation” in his comments about…
Necessary Societies
On the Dignity of Society is an anthology of Russell Hittinger’s previously published articles, organized into three…
Letter to a Young Bishop
Your Excellency, I’m writing only because you asked. I have so far successfully avoided the role of…
Who’s Really Calling the Shots at U.S. Diocesan Chanceries?
The Second Vatican Council taught that bishops are not mere delegates of the pope, regional managers of…
Why Women Cannot Be Deacons
Much has recently been written about the possibility of the Church sacramentally ordaining women to the diaconate.…
Are Diversity and Catholicism “Equally Important” at Notre Dame?
Notre Dame’s provost, John McGreevy, laid out priorities for faculty hiring to Notre Dame faculty in a…
The USCCB Should Reject Federal Funds
On Monday, Pope Francis sent a letter to the bishops of the United States. Criticizing the Trump…
Super Bowls and Bad Samaritans
The editors discuss Super Bowl 59—why we watched, who tried to rig the outcome, and what Taylor…
Pope Francis’s Apocalyptic Dream
Pope Francis published his suicide note. It took the form of a letter to the American Catholic…
Altar Rails and Borders
Catholicism in the United States and Europe is heading toward trouble. The presenting issue is immigration. Vice…
How Should Catholics Respond to the Immigration Crisis?
The appointment of Cardinal Robert W. McElroy as Archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been widely interpreted in…
Catholics, Hippocrates, and Reforming American Medicine
I am the odd man out in a family of medical folk. My maternal grandfather was a…
America’s Earliest Martyrs for Marriage to be Beatified
In the late sixteenth century, indigenous Guale Indians murdered five Franciscan friars in missions along the Georgia…
The Bible Throughout the Ages
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Bruce Gordon joins in…
