Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Communion and Ecclesial Governance
Last week, Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson declared that Brebeuf Jesuit High School is no longer a Catholic…
They Did Nothing But Pray
My birthday, January 12, is also the anniversary of an event that had a more fundamental and…
Interpreting the Bladensburg Cross Case
Last week, the Supreme Court decided the much-awaited Bladensburg Cross case, American Legion v. American Humanist Association. …
Public Faith and the Peace Cross
On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case American Legion v. American Humanist…
Whose Republic? Which “Liberalism”?
Extra credit question: Name the author of this admonition about the insecure cultural foundations and potentially perilous…
Summer Reading
Me: A couple of weeks ago, when the Summer Reading extravaganza of the New York Times Book…
A Call for Radical Renewal
Tomorrow, the United States Council of Catholic Bishops will meet in Baltimore for its General Assembly. This…
Reasonable Doubts About Pell’s Conviction
Catholics and non-Catholics around the world are justly outraged by the crimes and coverups of the Church’s…
Beloved Physician
My father, Dr. Paul W. Leithart, died at his beloved home on Wednesday morning, May 29, 2019,…
Pope Francis Forgets
Did Pope Francis know? Was he told, five years before the world found out, that the powerful…
Eastern Catholics and the Universal Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia celebrated the enthronement of its new Metropolitan-Archbishop, Borys Gudziak, on…
Restoring, and strengthening, episcopal credibility
Pope Francis’s recent motu proprio on sexual abuse, Vos estis lux mundi (You Are the Light of…
Matteo Salvini and the Bishops
If mixing religion and politics is a tricky affair, keeping them separate is nearly impossible. Matteo Salvini,…
Grace, Continued
Then, for three years, I traveled wherever Grace traveled. Wherever she went, I went, and after she…
