There is something remarkably engaging about conversion memoirs. Among Catholics, the conversion memoir has become a prominent book genre in its own right. This tradition goes back many centuries. Among them are Saint Augustine’s Confessions, […]
George Weigel’s new book To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books, 2022) is a tour de force in its study of the hermeneutics—that is, the manner of interpretation—of the Second […]
The rich literary patrimony of Western civilization can be daunting. Where to begin? Which books are truly great? Which works of literature have stood the test of time? Joseph Pearce’s most recent book is titled […]
Philip F. Lawler is the editor of Catholic World News (CWN), part of Catholic Culture, which he founded in 1996, making it the first English-language Catholic news service operating on the internet. He offers regular […]
Less than ten years after Anglican clergyman John Henry Newman converted to Catholicism, Pope Pius IX in 1854 issued the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, which declared, as Catholic dogma, that Mary, by God’s grace, was […]
It was 2020, in the depth of COVID lockdowns, when one priest began writing. The unthinkable was taking place: Easter in the United States would be “canceled”. Churches would be shuttered. It was in this […]
What is God like? Let us look at His creation and actions. He could have created just “tree,” but instead He created countless kinds of trees: palm, spruce, balsam fir, zelkova. And He could have […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ is founder of Magis Center, a Southern California-based organization which offers resources to demonstrate the harmony between science and faith. A Jesuit since 1974 and ordained a priest in 1983, among […]
Joshua Hren is the co-founder, with James Matthew Wilson, of the Catholic MFA program at the University of St. Thomas, as well as the founder of Wiseblood Books. He is the author of numerous works […]
Peter John McGregor is a lecturer in dogmatic theology and spirituality at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, Australia. He and Tracey Rowland—who holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of […]
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