Pope Francis has announced the formation of a committee to review the Church’s governing document on liturgical translation, Liturgiam Authenticam. Father Michael Ryan of the Archdiocese of Seattle—a leading opponent of the new English translation […]
Last week President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., as his predecessors have consistently done since 1953. Called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast until 1970, the event routinely attracts 3,000 or […]
It rained all day on January 20th. I was tired, and I like watching ceremonies. So I stayed in the house and watched the presidential inauguration ceremonies on television. I was happy to see that […]
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which went from January 18-25 this year, Pope Francis emphasized the particular importance of dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans. It was no surprise, then, that the predominantly […]
In my undergraduate metaphysics course, we were introduced to the famous paradox of the Ship of Theseus. How many components can be removed from an object until it becomes something different? Aristotle used this as […]
Readings: • Is 58:7-10 • Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 1 Cor 2:1-5 • Mt. 5:13-16 It is small, simple, and composed mostly of something that doesn’t sound tasty at all: sodium chloride. But the […]
Many religious conservatives are looking to the Trump years with high expectations. R.R. Reno, editor of First Things, says Trump’s ascendancy marks a significant defeat for “anti-Christian” elites while offering religious conservatives an opportunity to […]
The controversy over so-called “fake news” does not seem to be going away. However, the press’s frustration about it is increasingly misplaced. After the presidential election the media fixated for months on a handful of […]
Dr. Edward Peters remarks on Nancy Pelosi’s reception of Holy Communion yesterday at the installation Mass for Pope Francis: Nancy Pelosi is America’s problem, not Rome’s, and it is obvious that, if left to her […]
Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire reviews Garry Wills’ book, Why Priests?, and finds it seriously lacking in charity, scholarship, and logic (ht: Mark Shea): Also see Dr. Anne Hendershott’s review of Wills’ book […]
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