A theological debate is being played out in the Catholic world, a debate whose ramifications are large. In its latest iteration, it began with Cardinal-elect Américo Aguiar, the Lisbon auxiliary bishop in charge of preparations […]
On September 14, 1998, Pope St. John Paul II issued Fides et Ratio (“Faith and Reason,” Latin text, English translation), an encyclical letter on the relationship between faith and reason — or, to translate the […]
Warning: This essay contains graphic language about surgical procedures that are not appropriate for younger readers. The summer of 2022 was the summer of Kate Bush’s classic song “Running Up That Hill”. The 80’s hit […]
Among the interesting news items in the daily bulletin from the press office of the Holy See on Tuesday of this week was a communiqué from the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. It was announcing […]
On July 1, hours after Pope Francis named Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández the new prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine for the Faith, Reuters published an article on the appointment entitled “Pope names Argentine […]
A dispute involving the growing school choice movement emerged on June 5th when Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, in a three-to-two vote, approved the creation of the first faith-based publicly funded online charter school […]
John Paul II’s great—and most controversial—encyclical, on morality and moral theology, still answers some of the most crucial questions of our time. […]
Argentine prelate Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect-elect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, should either recant his erroneous positions on sexual morality or resign his post at the DDF. A calm, competent, and clear-eyed […]
The intersection of post-pandemic work and the declining state of urban life prompt questions about the common good. Now in our fourth summer since COVID arrived, we are learning that post-pandemic work looks more like […]
In the first three disputes, all of which arose in Indiana, educators in Catholic high schools unsuccessfully sued educational officials for terminating their employment due to their having entered into “same-sex marriages” in violation of […]
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