In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis describes a broad-minded Anglican bishop who, given the chance to go to Heaven, prefers to return to Hell, where he is scheduled to read a paper to the “Theological […]
It is often said that when Admiral Yamamoto ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, he awakened a sleeping giant. Even though the Nazis had occupied much of Europe, bombed London, and advanced to the outskirts […]
It’s not hard for President Obama to stir outrage. Six years into his presidency, all he has to do is speak to make the opposition angry. Sometimes it’s justified, sometimes not. At the National Prayer […]
Editor’s Note: This feature originally appeared on the CWR site on August 2, 2012. It is reposted here in advance of the February 13th release of the film based on the novel, 50 Shades of Grey […]
A simple altar boy policy at my parish, Star of the Sea Church, has unleashed a media firestorm. Hundreds of parishes in this country, and some entire dioceses, do not permit altar girls, so why […]
Where will the Pope live when Rome falls to Islam? It’s not an idle question. For one thing, there is historical precedent. Popes have been forced from Rome in the past. For another thing, numerous […]
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, the “foreign affairs minister” of the Russian Orthodox Church, is, as George Weigel observed recently in First Things, a talented man, “charming and witty.” However, the gifted Hilarion, Weigel rightly noted, “does […]
World leaders and Church leaders keep insisting that terrorism is a betrayal of real Islam, which, as Secretary of State John Kerry recently assured us, is “a peaceful religion based on the dignity of all […]
In a recent speech to the annual assembly of the College Theology Society, Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin warned that the increasing polarization in the Catholic Church in the US has led to a “balkanization” of […]
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