Family
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Pope, Same-Sex Blessings, and Protestants
The confusion surrounding the pope’s recent statement Fiducia Supplicans, a document that is ambiguous about whether Catholic…
The Pope and the Black Hole
In a by now familiar sequence of events, the Vatican released a document on Monday which caused…
Holding the Line
This article is part of our 2023 year-end campaign series, featuring reflections from prominent authors on why First…
The Pauline Message of Pig
A movie that focuses on a man’s love for his pig seems a setup for laughs. Add…
How to Fix a Hole in the Heart
The doctor turned to face us. He was a tall man, athletic and thin, put-together and with…
The Unexpected Blessing of a Jigsaw Puzzle
In the summer of 2022, our daughter Katy moved back home full-time from South Dakota to help…
Letters from the Synod 2023: #7
YOGI BERRA AND THE SYNOD: DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN? As these LETTERS reach an international audience, it…
Letters from the Synbod 2023: #5
THE SYNOD AND A MURDEROUS NEW WORLD DISORDER A Synod dedicated to advancing the Church’s mission cannot…
The Church’s Revolutions
Catholicism: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francisby john t. mcgreevyw. w. norton, 528…
Education Toward Sanity
Study Everything. Do Anything.” So reads a T-shirt I got from Notre Dame’s arts and humanities college, my alma…
The Trans Scandal and the Parent Underground
Parents with Inconvenient Truths About Trans: Tales from the Home Front in the Fight to Save Our Kidsedited…
True and False Reconciliation
In early July, Vladimir Putin toured an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, piously crossed himself, and lit…
Living by Proxy in the Age of AI
As the fall semester approaches, professors are wondering how they should respond to the use of AI,…
Losing Their Religion
Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian Americaby stephen bullivantoxford, 272 pages, $29.95 Nonverts—people who once identified with a…