Features
Farewell to the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
The JPII Institute I knew and have known was already “theological” and already “scientific”. So why the changes? […]
Features
Essay
What happened at the Vatican’s bio-extinction conference
A conference sponsored by two pontifical academies embraced a kind of environmental determinism that looks at human reproduction as a mere bio-technical issue. […]
Features
“The Restoration of Man”: Cardinal Carlo Caffarra’s Final Testimony
The full text of a scheduled address by the late archbishop emeritus of Bologna, in which he provocatively states, “Everything that makes up what we call […]
Features
The Last Jesuit in China
Dr. Amanda C. R. Clark’s book China’s Last Jesuit tells the little known story of Fr. Charles J. McCarthy and the end of the mission […]
Interview
George Weigel on the “lessons in hope” he received from John Paul II
The papal biographer’s new book describes his relationship with Pope John Paul, as well as the great challenges the pope faced in the final years […]
Interview
A “tough guy” priest, in the gulag and beyond
Father Walter Ciszek is known for his courage while imprisoned in the Soviet Union. But his spiritual writings show him to be “a saint of […]
Special Report
Ave and Irma: How this small Catholic university weathered the storm
Ave Maria University rode out Hurricane Irma giving shelter and aid to the poor and needy from the local community. […]
Essay
On teaching the liberal arts
My maturation as a professor came when I learned to love ideas more by way of coming to love them through—in pilgrimage with, in communion […]
Analysis
The end of an era?
The fact that Cardinal Caffarra is today mostly remembered because of the dubia shows, to some extent, the current preoccupying drift in discussions about the […]
Features
The life and legacy of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
The former cardinal archbishop of Westminster, who died on September 1st, had a significant and sometimes controversial role in the Church in Britain for four […]