Analysis
Challenges facing the conclave
Like it or not, the Church is a power structure—at least that she has a divinely given hierarchical power structure—and the cardinal electors are the [...]
Challenges facing the conclave
Analysis
Like it or not, the Church is a power structure—at least that she has a divinely given hierarchical power structure—and the cardinal electors are the ones who must choose the man to sit atop it, [...]
An Open Letter to Archbishop Bruno Forte
Essay
Your Grace1, I was stunned to read of your recent attack on those who receive Holy Communion on the tongue. Even more so because you used an Easter homily to launch that assault, which demonstrates [...]
Essay
Lessons for a new pope from the greatest popes
Since the death of the first pope, Saint Peter, two hundred and sixty-five men have succeeded him in that office. And now, following the death and burial of Pope Francis, we can consider how the [...]
Books
What sort of pope does the Church need now? An interview with George Weigel
Is the book The Next Pope, written by George Weigel—biographer of Pope John Paul II and author of over twenty books—meant to be a politicking guide to the next papal conclave? A vetting of possible [...]
Essay
The risen Christ’s first gift to His Church was His peace and mercy
An embarrassment of riches confronts us today as we observe the Octave Day of Easter, Dominca in albis, Divine Mercy Sunday, Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday—take your pick—with readings that lead us to such seemingly diverse things as the experience [...]
Books
Musings on a Starry Night is a constellation of brilliant essays by Thomas Howard
Thomas Howard was a fascinating figure and a tremendously prolific author. He died in 2020 at the age of 85, after a long and successful career as an English professor, writer, critic, and apologist of [...]
Essay
Retrospect on a pontificate
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Benedict’s successor described him as an orthodox, tough-minded, courageous reformer [...]
Essay
The reign of Pope Francis in retrospect: A Catholic World Report symposium
In October 2013, I wrote one of the more challenging pieces of my nearly 30 years as an author: a CWR editorial titled “Pope Francis: The Good, the Baffling, and the Unclear”. I won’t repeat [...]
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In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...] -
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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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