Thomas P. Harmon is assistant professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives, by Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI: Each of the three volumes of Jesus of Nazareth […]
Another year, another tantalizing list of good and great books noted and recommended in this eighth edition of “Best Books I Read…” We’ve invited a wide range of authors and editors to contribute. The books […]
In his most recent column for The Telegraph (Sydney, Australia), Cardinal George Pell reflects on the recent fight over marriage in France: For about a decade the French Catholic Church has not raised its voice much in public life. […]
A. N. Wilson has been there, seen that, believed this, and rejected that. The British author, now in his sixties, has had an on, off, and on again relationship with Christianity. As a young man, […]
Good timing, in light of today’s feature article on Day, from the good Dr. Peters: The causa of Servant of God Dorothy Day (1897-1980) occasions many questions for ecclesiastical leadership, some of them canonical. I […]
I’ve received several e-mails this week from readers wondering if I’ll be posting another (the eighth) edition of “Best Books I Read in…”, which features picks from a number of authors, editors, professors, and other […]
It has been a couple of weeks since the death of Robert Bork, which occurred shortly before Christmas and didn’t really get the news coverage that Bork merited. Bork died at age 85. In 1987, […]
Among the pieces of good commentary about Pope Benedict XVI’s address to the Roman Curia is a recent post by philosophy professor Joseph G. Trabbic, which takes on criticisms made by three Italian “gay rights […]
During an interview with Armin Schwibach of the Austrian Catholic news website kath.net on Christmas Eve, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Congregation for Promoting Christian Unity, was asked to comment on the connection between […]
The Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Omaha, Nebraska offers the following critique of some of the principal claims and conclusions set down in the 2012 Annual Report of the United […]
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