Essay
In Memoriam: Thomas Gordon Smith (1948-2021)—A life spent serving Beauty
I have long been fascinated by the project of the late Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) to renew the Catholic appreciation of beauty as a [...]
In Memoriam: Thomas Gordon Smith (1948-2021)—A life spent serving Beauty
Essay
I have long been fascinated by the project of the late Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) to renew the Catholic appreciation of beauty as a means by which God calls us to Himself. And yet, [...]
The Church in the new America
Columns
The Church has always been patriotic here. America offered a better life to millions of Catholics fleeing poverty and oppression, and allowed the Church freedom to worship, evangelize, do charity, and run her own affairs. [...]
Books
New work of Christology marked by orthodox depth and ecumenical insights
It may surprise many Catholic readers to know that Fr. Thomas Weinandy, OFM, Cap. has in recent years been one of the most significant living theologians for conservative Protestants. The reason for this odd celebrity [...]
Features
When Harlots Ruled the Church
Here a scandal, there a scandal, and pretty soon you’re talking real depravity. As the Church shudders almost daily from new stories of corruption, the faithful wonder if this is the worst ecclesiastical era ever. [...]
Books
Understanding why the Word became words
Dr. Jeremy Holmes is Associate Professor of Theology at Wyoming Catholic College. After a childhood in rural Arkansas, he earned his bachelors in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College in California, his masters in theology [...]
Essay
To know and do God’s will: A short Ignatian primer
Because we are rational human beings, it is best for us not only to do God’s will, but also first to know God’s will and […]
Features
Is killing ever good? A conversation about active assistance in dying
The right to life is regarded as a human right—as a right that everyone also views as fundamental—and ultimately it belongs to everyone, at least theoretically. Preborn human beings—even if they were capable of it—cannot [...]
Books
COVID and the Fearful State
Long before David Attenborough brought his soothing voice to the explication of animal behaviour for the BBC Life series, the North American television public had been introduced to the majesty and oddities of the natural world through [...]
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The Church has always been patriotic here. America offered a better life to millions of Catholics fleeing poverty and oppression, and allowed the Church freedom to worship, evangelize, do charity, and run her own affairs. [...] -
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“In journalism,” wrote Venerable Fulton Sheen in 1955’s Thinking Life Through, “the modern man wants controversy, not truth.” I could say that examples abound, but that would assume a broad definition—to the point of non-definition—of [...] -
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Edward J Baker:
So let me get this straight. CWR believe it is uplifting to reproduce an article from the CNA praising an…
James Kalb:
He's obviously no dolt. He has an idiosyncratic way of thinking that's very effective in some ways but doesn't owe…
Peter D. Beaulieu:
I recall reading a scholarly tome, somewhere, that Maritain was not so much taken-in by Alinsky as he was committed…
