Judging by some of the reactions to the September 19th America interview with Pope Francis, which was originally conducted over three days in August, you might be tempted to think a pontiff had never given […]
“The future is made wherever people find their way to one another in life-shaping convictions. And a good future grows wherever these convictions come from the truth and lead to it.” — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, […]
More cuts! My goal is to post such cuts once a week. Last week, I missed the cut. Here goes! • From Andrew Fitzgerald, a day after the horrific tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City […]
I don’t take in much baseball or golf, but I do usually watch some of the World Series and portions of the Master’s golf tournament. As sporting events, both have a certain timeless quality (I […]
For many people, including many Catholics, the Catholic Church is too old-fashioned, staid, and boring, supposedly failing to be “relevant” and “with the times.” And yet, the ancient traditions and venerable institutions of the Church—especially […]
“The rejection of the primacy of St. Peter has driven men on to a slippery course, where all the steps are downwards.”— Lord Acton It has been quite a week. My head is still spinning, and […]
I got a late start yesterday morning and didn’t hear the news until a few hours after it broke. My wife had an appointment, and so I made breakfast for our three (home schooled) children, […]
Jonathan Aitken, an Anglican, has penned a piece for The American Spectator praising the edgy, intellectual heights and depths of Rowan Williams and the late Cardinal Carlo Martini. The latter was not known to many […]
“Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.” — 1 John 3:1 (from the Epistle reading for All Saints) Almost […]
“It was by no means only yesterday that truth became embarrassing.” With those rather wry words, Jean Daniélou, S.J., opened his book, Scandaleuse Vérité, published in English as The Scandal of Truth in August 1962. […]
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