Ignatius Press recently published Robert R. Reilly’s America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding. It is, as the subtitle indicates, a response to recent books and essays arguing that the moral, social, and political […]
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested,” wrote Francis Bacon in his 1625 essay “Of Studies”, adding: “that is, some books are to be […]
A New England poet of nature, indeed, but something must also be said for Wilbur’s Catholic vision of the poet. […]
Essayist and author Alberto Manguel, in A Reader on Reading (Yale, 2010), in a chapter titled “The End of Reading,” asks: “Why, at certain moments in our life, do we choose the companionship of one book […]
Since the presentation of “Amoris Laetitia” last Friday, CWR has been posting a number of articles analyzing and reflecting on the lengthy and controversial Apostolic Exhortation. This symposium of pieces is now approaching twenty in number, and more […]
Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, “On love in the family,” has been one of the most widely anticipated papal documents in recent years, following the closely watched and sometimes controversial Extraordinary Synod of Bishops […]
“That is a good book,” wrote Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), the father of novelist Louisa May Alcott, “which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.” It’s also true, as the author of Ecclesiastes […]
“It is our duty to live among books; especially to live by one book, and a very old one.” — Blessed John Henry Newman Ten years ago, I posted a “Best/Worst of 2004” piece on […]
“Everywhere have I sought rest and found it not, except sitting apart in a nook with a little book.” — Thomas a Kempis Our first “Best Books I Read in…” compilation appeared nine years ago […]
This special CWR symposium, consisting of eight essays, is the result of a promise made earlier this year as well as the desire to address and discuss some timely questions related to the Year of […]
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