Books
A new book from … Fulton Sheen!
Publishing is often a pain and a drain, but it is not without a few pleasures. When I started ACS Books as an arm of the American Chesterton Society, it was fun to bring some […]
Features
Interview
Journalist Peter Seewald: Pope Benedict is “one of the most misunderstood personalities of our time”
It is well-known that Pope Francis regularly grants interviews to various media outlets, and has done so since the earliest days of his papacy. As a result, it seems as if each successive interview is […]
Film & Music
Is the Organ Really a Sacred Instrument?
The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the document shaping modern Catholic liturgy, has much to say about the music of the Mass, including this: In the Latin Church the pipe organ is […]
Film & Music
City of Stars and Boulevard of Broken Dreams
MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating:NR Reel Rating: (5 out of 5 reels) As a general rule, it is considered poor technique to write in first person when composing a formal essay or column, and even […]
Analysis
Is Fr. Paul Keller’s essay really the way “Amoris Laetitia” should be read?
Apologies for the length of this post. It always takes more time to correct errors than it takes to make them. In Fr. Paul Keller’s CRUX essay, “Case study in communion for the divorced/remarried”, we confront […]
Books
New history describes founding, rise, and secularization of Fordham University
Fordham University identifies itself as “the Jesuit University of New York”. However, some, including Jesuits, remain confused as to what that precisely means. Some cynics even suggest it does not necessarily imply a Catholic University. […]
Analysis
Close papal confidant: “2 + 2 in #Theology can make 5.”
Jesuit papal confidant and director of La Civiltà Cattolica, Fr. Antonio Spadaro S.J., who is considered to be “one of the Jesuits closest to Pope Francis,” has a lively Twitter account. Lively, but not necessarily theologically […]
Essay
The Epiphany and Evangelization
“Nations shall walk by your light.” (Isa 60:3) “Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.” (Responsorial Psalm, The Epiphany of the Lord) “The Gentiles are now co-heirs with the Jews, members of the same […]
Interview
Byzantine and Catholic in the Secular Northwest
Fr. Richard Janowicz is celebrating his 35th anniversary at Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Springfield, Oregon, 34 years of which he has served as pastor. It is a small, Eastern Catholic parish […]
Opinion
New Year’s wishes for some Catholic brethren
2017 promises to be a challenging year for the Catholic Church. Thus some new year’s wishes: I wish Catholic progressives a calmer 2017 than they managed in 2016. The last months of the year now […]