Books
A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory
In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones [...]
A Christian Consideration of Critical Theory
Books
In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, [...]
Pope Leo XIV and the question of women in Holy Orders
Analysis
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Cardinal Prevost, ascended to the papacy during a period of profound theological inquiry and heightened institutional introspection within the Church. His election took place against the backdrop of the Church’s [...]
Features
The role of pilgrimages in engaging the whole parish
Fr. Jonathan Wilson, a priest of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, is the pastor of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville, Ohio. Here he shares the experience of pilgrimaging to Italy with his [...]
Essay
Aquinas and prudential judgment
In contemporary debates in Catholic moral theology, a distinction is often drawn between actions that are flatly ruled out in principle and those whose permissibility or impermissibility is a matter of prudential judgment. For example, [...]
Essay
The Warning Against Sloth
The Warning and the problem of noise It is easy to underestimate The Warning at first glance. Three sisters from Monterrey, Mexico, who first came to attention through a viral Metallica “Enter Sandman” cover as [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Fr. James Martin’s homosophistry takes advantage of a clear double standard
I am not a “traditionalist”. At least not in the sense that the term has come to mean these days in common ecclesial parlance. I have sharp theological disagreements with the theological tendencies among some [...]
Essay
The Ascension vs. Human Composting
There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this [...]
Columns
Leo XIV and the Liturgical Renewal of Creation
Still basking in the joy of having a successor of St. Peter who hails from the land of my birth (though admittedly still a bit disappointed that he’s not a Cubs fan), I, like many, [...]
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I am not a “traditionalist”. At least not in the sense that the term has come to mean these days in common ecclesial parlance. I have sharp theological disagreements with the theological tendencies among some [...] -
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The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...] -
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James Connor:
Many priests live alone and isolated in their glass walled rectories and are subject to immense temptations. We must support…
Carl E. Olson:
For another view, see "The Traditional Judeo-Christian Values in ‘Superman’" by Dr. Kody W. Cooper on the Word on Fire…
Mary Jo Anderson:
You wrote: This one sacrament is denied to women, but not to men. Why? It clearly has everything to do…
