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Sanity and the Church
Cultural radicalism rejects tradition, and therefore rejects everything except immediate impressions, abstract ideology, and naked will. That’s no way to build anything solid, let alone […]
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Catholics and Today’s Thought
For the sake of her mission, the Church needs to re-emphasize her opposition to basic aspects of today’s world. But how far should that go? […]
Carl’s Cuts
Carl’s Cuts: On Schmemann’s Lent, Billy Graham’s death, Madeleine L’Engle’s “Wrinkle”, and Cardinal Cupich’s column
Confessions, observations, and animadversions on this, that, and the other. […]
Clark on China
The Catholic Church in China: Historical context and the current situation
Chinese Catholics—“above” and “underground”—view themselves as part of “one suffering Catholic Church.” Will the Vatican’s present negotiations with China help or hinder those struggling to […]
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The Darkness Gathers: Why public discussion has become increasingly irrational
A regime of pyramiding illusions that substitutes abuse for argument can’t last forever, and many wonder what will end it. […]
Sojourns with Schall
Suffering, salvation, and the mystery of an imperfect world
God cannot make us free and then make it absolutely certain that we do not reject Him. The whole point of divine and human love […]
Ecclesia et Civitas
Is America a revolutionary ideological state?
We find ourselves in an increasingly ideological society whose ideology is ever more anti-human, anti-Catholic, and compulsory. […]
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Philosophically knowing nothing but the truth about God
Dr. Edward Feser’s Five Proofs of the Existence of God’s lively approach demonstrates that natural theology’s funeral directors, despite all their bluster, will be buried […]
Clark on China
“This is not a movie theater!”: A view from the pews in China
I have always preferred attending Masses for local Chinese Catholics while I’m in China; this is where the faith is experienced most authentically. In order […]
Clark on China
Chinese Catholics who changed China and the world
The inspiring and little-known stories of Fr. Ma Xiangbo, SJ, Princess Yu Deling, Ying Lianzhi, Abbot Lu Zhengxiang, OSB, and Bishop Fan Xueyan. […]