Features
Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen
I was idling in my room at the Arabia Felix, drinking Orange Fanta and eyeing geckos on the wall, when a message came from the [...]
Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen
Features
I was idling in my room at the Arabia Felix, drinking Orange Fanta and eyeing geckos on the wall, when a message came from the lobby. I’d been granted the meeting I was hoping for [...]
Clarifying primacy for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue
Analysis
Last month, on July 13 to 15, I attended the 30th annual Orientale Lumen Conference at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. The conference’s theme was urgent: “Ecumenism at a Crossroad: [...]
Features
Faith over fear: The Church’s response to the escalating Ebola crisis in Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in its history. It’s already killed over 2,100 people out of more than 4,500 cases, according to government figures released August 11. [...]
Essay
The Forgotten Virtue of Patriotism
As the United States commemorates the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of its founding, I have been reflecting on the virtue of patriotism. I want to share a few comments about why patriotism is one of [...]
Columns
Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?
At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...]
Analysis
The WNBA is the Reductio ad Absurdum of Trans Ideology
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has perhaps done more to demonstrate the absurdity of transgender ideology than any American public institution. And it has done so through its endorsement of that very ideology. Over the [...]
Features
Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe
While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and [...]
Essay
On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust
One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion [...]
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At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...] -
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“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...] -
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William:
TDS? Oh yes, Trump Deification Syndrome. This is where MAGA attributes God like brilliance to him. Everything he says is…
Edward J Baker:
Gerard addendum: And it is not "a long standing tradition of faithful Catholics to follow their shepherds appointed through Apostolic…
Elocin:
You tell them Gerard!
