Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Saul Complex
Saul’s three sins (1 Samuel 13-15) correspond to the sins of Adam, Cain, and the sons of…
A Hillarian Lesson for Church Leaders
Perhaps it was being “overcome with Paschal joy” (as the Prefaces for Easter put it). Maybe it…
With Cardinal Sarah, the Liturgy Is in Good Hands
Ever since I first read the Letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the 1950s, one passage…
The Fifty-Day Party
If you can find it in your attic, open your old, pre–Vatican II missal, and look at…
The Land of Athanasius and its Lessons
The visit of Pope Francis to Egypt last week (April 28-29) was an act of personal courage,…
Self-Evident, Not Obvious
C. S. Lewis on Politics and the Natural Lawby justin buckley dyer and micah j. watsoncambridge, 170…
Disincarnate Christ
Silence by shūsaku endō foreword by martin scorsese picador, 256 pages, $16 Silence a film directed by…
Return of the Strong Gods
A young writer in Australia recently sent me an essay that ended with an arresting sentence: “I…
MacIntyre Against Morality
Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative by alasdair macintyre…
Let’s Not Make a Deal…at Least this Deal
Helping those who have broken away from the Catholic Church come back into full communion is a…
The Power of the Cross
Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)—a theologian who came to prominence in the Victorian Age—can help us check…
A Springtime of Hope for Catholic Education
Recent announcements out of two Catholic colleges appear to provide both good news and bad news about…
Five Lessons from Francis de Sales
Given the growing challenges now facing Christians, a valuable source to turn to, for wisdom and strength,…
Waugh’s Helena, Father General, and the Reality of Revelation
Evelyn Waugh’s slim and critically unappreciated novel, Helena, was something of a literary experiment for a modern…
God’s Image, Man’s Crimes
Yesterday I discussed parts of Shane Claiborne’s Biblical arguments in Executing Grace in favor of abolishing the…
