Features
What Cardinal Zen told Pope Francis about the Church in China
The Hong Kong cardinal is among the critics of a reported effort to normalize relations between the Catholic Church and China’s government. […]
Features
Features
“Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation”: On Handel and preparing for Lent in the East
This year my imagery of Lent has been shaken up quite unexpectedly from a source one would never associate with such things. […]
Analysis
What have I learned in a community college?
A Latin proverb informs us: Discimus docendo (We learn by teaching). What have I learned these past five semesters? That the teachers’ unions have gotten […]
Clark on China
“This is not a movie theater!”: A view from the pews in China
I have always preferred attending Masses for local Chinese Catholics while I’m in China; this is where the faith is experienced most authentically. In order […]
Features
The Pope’s misuse of “calumny” distracts from deeper, more troubling questions
The problem with Pope Francis’ defense of Bishop Juan Barros is not that Francis has a poor grasp of technical legal terminology or misuses certain words, […]
Essay
Saturdays with Father Schall: A young Jesuit on the older Jesuit’s 90th birthday
Father James V. Schall, SJ has been a source of encouragement to a younger generation of priests and scholars who are seeking to preserve a […]
Features
Cardinal Burke: It is a “source of anguish” to hear suggestions “that I would lead a schism”
“The truth of the matter is marriage is not an ideal. It is a reality,” says Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke in a lengthy new interview with […]
Essay
Capital punishment and the infallibility of the ordinary Magisterium
A demonstration that it has been infallibly taught by the ordinary magisterium of the Church that the death penalty is not intrinsically wrong. Not even […]
Features
March for Life is praised by President Trump as “a movement born out of love”
“You love every child, born and unborn, because you believe that every life is sacred, that every child is a precious gift from God,” Trump […]
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Bishop Burbidge reflects on building a culture of prayer, life, and devotion in the shadow of the Capitol
“I’ve been attending the March for many years,” says Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington. “I’m grateful to the older people, the pillars of the […]