Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Out at St. Paul
I have never seen so many male churchgoers in short shorts. As the priest concludes Mass, my…
The Church’s Future Beauty
Institutions populated by humans are flawed, filthy things, whether families, corporations, universities, or dioceses. The sibilant hiss…
Art Rethought
I’m writing next to a stack of books, atop which is one of the most contrarian and…
Francis and the Journalists
Three questions to begin: 1. Why did the World Meeting of Families, which took place in Ireland…
A Time For Saints
Nine years ago, I was received into the Catholic Church because I am a sinner in need…
Two Resisters of Nazism
Yes, there are too many Nazi comparisons. The Democrats are Hitler, the Republicans are Hitler, the EU
The Necessary Fear
What is said today about ‘fear’ of the Lord in Biblical language is true,” Father Ernest Fortin…
Lessons From England
When I was a new convert to Catholicism I used to visit an elderly priest for tea…
Why Francis Must Speak
The crux of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s indictment of Pope Francis comes toward the end of his…
Why We Stay, and the Viganò Testimony
The Sunday Mass scriptures during this summer of horrors have often been eerily appropriate, beginning with Jeremiah’s…
What Francis Knew
Will battles erupt within the Catholic hierarchy following allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis has…
Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?
In Sigrid Undset’s novel Kristin Lavransdatter, the title character’s lifetime of piety culminates in a saintly death…
Unconvincing Triumphalism
The fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae has occasioned a certain amount of Roman Catholic triumphalism, at least…
Of Course Christians Are Theocrats
Ever since the Religious Right burst onto the American scene in the 1980s, its opponents have regularly…
Fr. Martin’s False Comfort
At the age of sixteen, after an indifferent Catholic education, I inexplicably paid a visit to the…
