Essay

The best Nuncio we’ve had thus far

April 20, 2016 George Weigel 0

The announcement that Archbishop Christoph Pierre will succeed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States is an opportunity to pay tribute to a courageous churchman who has served Catholicism, Pope Benedict […]

Books

A Christian Statesman in Ireland

April 19, 2016 John P. McCarthy 0

Former Irish Taoiseach (or Prime Minister), John Bruton, has published a collection of his lectures, columns, and book reviews titled Faith in Politics, on Irish politics and history, economics, the environment, the European Union, world […]

Analysis

The Difficult Way of Mercy

April 19, 2016 Dr. Randall B. Smith 0

Allow me to suggest the case of an apostolic exhortation never written that may never be written. Let’s say it deals with the pastoral concerns that arise due to the increasing presence in our society […]

Opinion

Realism and Islam

April 17, 2016 James V. Schall, S.J. 6

I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, to look at what men “do” do and not at what they “ought” to do. This advice would […]

Essay

Apocalypse How?

April 16, 2016 Carl E. Olson 0

Readings: • Acts 13:14, 43-52 • Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 • Rev 7:9, 14b-17 • Jn 10:27-30 Pop quiz: which book of the Bible describes black helicopters, high-tech warfare involving Russia and China, and computer […]