Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep […]
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 […]
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 […]
What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition […]
Daniel J. Mahoney is a professor emeritus at Assumption University, where he taught from 1986 until 2021. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University […]
Detective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese […]
Coming two decades after winning the Richard Wilbur Award, Alfred Nicol’s latest collection, After the Carnival, proves that its author has only continued to develop his prodigious metrical gifts. In this, his fourth collection, he offers […]
The history of the Church is replete with spiritual autobiographies, many of them written by saints, and many more written by priests, religious, and laity who have not been raised to the altars. Many Catholics […]
I purchased a copy of Soul Garden, A Catholic Mother’s Collective, when it was first published by Ignatius Press in November. Soon after, I couldn’t resist giving my copy away to a new mom. When […]
We all know—we all know—that family and home life are the most important shapers of human character, and thus the most important shapers of society. “Train up a child in the way he should go; […]
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