Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Conservatism’s Next Generation
There’s a lot of hand-wringing in Washington over the dramas of the Trumpn administration, not to mention…
Understanding Marion Maréchal
Since the 1980s, the French left and right have formed a front républicain or cordon sanitaire to keep…
Did Joseph Forgive His Brothers?
We still claim to think well of forgiveness, but it has in fact very nearlyn lost its…
Sacramental Realism
To outsiders, the proposal of communion for the divorced and remarried seemsn a modest adjustment. But it…
Briefly Noted
The Cleansing of the Heart: The Sacraments as Instrumental Causes in the Thomistic Tradition by reginald lynch, o.p. catholic…
Culture War As Class War
The ongoing uproar after the election of Donald Trump led the sociologistn James Davison Hunter to reflect…
Cultural Realpolitik
On a clear June day in 2017, two million people lined the route of the Newn York…
Geoffrey Hill, Prodigal
Among poets writing in English during the last forty years, Geoffrey Hilln was sometimes named the greatest…
The Miracles of Judas
On a recent Sunday at Mass, I heard again the words of Mark’s gospel in which Jesus…
An Invitation to the Laity
My Fellow Catholics, On July 28, I sent the letter below to my bishop, the Most Reverend…
Sabbath Deification
Israel gathers at Sinai on the third day of the third month after leaving Egypt (Exod. 19:16).…
The Hidden Splendor of the Church
Since June 20, revelations of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of preying sexually on young men, including…
That Most Prophetic Letter
Since Pope (soon to be Saint) Paul VI published Humanae Vitae fifty years ago this week, that…
Affirming and Celebrating Humanae Vitae
July 25 is the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical on the integrity of…
Promoting Predators
What did the American bishops know, and when did they know it? This is the question everyone…