Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Psychologization of Everything
The enormous Duggar family has been in the public eye since their TLC reality series, 19 Kids…
Is Vice More Interesting than Virtue?
Since at least the age of Milton, whose Satan in Paradise Lost allegedly outmatches the other characters in…
Maury’s Silent Majority
Maury’s struggling to stay in character. Normally he’s the picture of paternal stability: amused but not belittling,…
The Catholic Church’s German Crisis
The twenty-first-century Church owes a lot to twentieth-century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the…
It’s Vespers Somewhere
Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour michael p. foley regnery, 487…
China’s New Consumerism
On a chilly afternoon last October, as my son and I walked through a bustling shopping district…
Marriage and Dignity
Recent arguments at the Supreme Court revealed deep confusion about the nature of dignity. Arguing that “the marriage…
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…
Loved Through Eternity
I wasn’t going to say anything further about being adopted, not beyond what I’ve said before. The…
Remembering Number 84
He scored forty times in an eight-year NFL career, best known, now, for the touchdown he didn’t…
NCAA Announces New Commission to Apply Fouling Rules to Religious Freedom Disputes
NCAA President Mark Emmert has announced a new commission to study how its handling of fouls called…
What Is Love?
Recently, I sat through a session of someone offering reflections on the “God is love” theme of…
Keeping Catholic Schools Catholic
There seems to be some dispute as to whether the original Trotskyite—that would be, um, Leon Trotsky—ever…
Pity the Politician
I live in an aging subdivision, dating back to the 1970s. It comes complete with a homeowners…
Keeping Theology at Notre Dame
As a diocesan seminarian studying with the Sulpicians in Paris, a young Basil Moreau wrote to the…