Features
Revisiting and understanding the “Galileo Affair”
“The Galileo Affair needed to be looked at again,” says Dom Paschal Scotti, “because it is one the great events, climactic events even, in European […]
Features
Features
Now is the time for a “Third Spring” in England
Famously, in 1852 John Henry Newman, preaching at a celebration of that restoration of our Hierarchy, spoke of a ‘Second Spring’. This yielded a rich […]
Features
The HollyChurch Double Standard
God willing, if the long Lent of 2002 led to badly needed reforms for the Catholic Church, the long fall of 2017 will do the […]
Essay
Focusing again on the Four Last Things
Our Christian goal ought to be nothing short of Heaven – not escaping Hell by the skin of our teeth, nor being resigned to “doing […]
Features
Is there really a definitive teaching of the Church on capital punishment?
A second response to Professor Edward Feser […]
History
In the Habit: A History of Catholicism and Tobacco
Saints who smoked, popes who puffed, and others who snuffed. […]
News
Beyond the “Hate Map”: How the Southern Poverty Law Center is hurting Christian groups
After her pro-family group was targeted by the SPLC, Jennifer Roback Morse says, “I felt the time was right to speak out.” […]
Features
A Catholic guide to great books and films about communism
Not only do most young people not learn about the horror and evil wrought by communism, it’s not uncommon to hear seemingly well-informed academics, politicians, […]
Features
Superstition, Dissent, and Scandal? A brief defense of Fr. Thomas Weinandy
Some pundits from both progressive and orthodox quarters have been quick to criticize and even condemn Fr. Weinandy and his missive to the Pope.Thus, a […]
Editorial
Why does Fr. Martin persist in embarrassing, sleight-of-substance tactics?
The well-known Jesuit priest and author insists that Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy is a “dissenter”. That would be funny if it wasn’t so stupid. […]