Life of Faith
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Fr. Cyclone, “God’s Gift to the United States Army”
In the annals of our military chaplaincy, many priests have distinguished themselves with high honor. But few…
Julian of Norwich’s Radical Trust
Yesterday was the feast day of the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich (circa 1342–after 1416). Although she…
Un Evangelico in Italia
Come può un evangelico—non unito alla Chiesa di Roma ma credente che esista un’unica chiesa, santa, cattolica,…
Converting Beauty into Prayer
A few weeks ago, I went to an Easter concert put on by a new nonprofit called…
What Hollywood Can Learn from the Success of King of Kings
Here in Hollywood, the big story of the Easter season has been the outsized success of Angel…
Francis in Full
By common consensus, Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio won the papacy by means of an intervention he made…
Briefly Noted
Gratitudeby dietrich von hildebrand, balduin v. schwarz, joseph ratzinger, and romano guardinihilderbrand, 144 pages, $12.95 The raging…
Becoming Catholic in the Church of Francis
I have few memories of the Church before Pope Francis. There were some conspiratorial warnings at a…
Pure Episcopalianism
It was in June 2022 that my wife and I started looking for a home in Washington,…
Finding God at Columbia
Columbia University is off limits. Longtime neighbors who used to pass through its gates for a brief…
Who Died on the Cross?
Who hangs on the center tree at the Place of the Skull? That’s the question of Good…
Today Your Heart Becomes Mount Sinai
The Christian faith is bathed in blood. There is no sugarcoating this. Holy Week takes us up…
Vindicating John’s Gospel
In March, a team of archaeologists excavating beneath Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher announced a new…
Is the Foreigner My Neighbor? A Christian Dialogue on Immigration
My wife, an immigration attorney here in Texas, held a well-attended “know your rights” session for immigrants…
Hidden in the Shadow of the Cross
I first discovered Mother St. Paul in the 1990s. A parish friend was handing out photocopies of…
