“God made us in his image—and we returned the favor.” I was reminded of this old joke reading the latest tome from John Shelby Spong, for he employs what he thinks he knows of biblical […]
A year ago, The Force Awakens was released, inaugurating a new era in the Star Wars franchise. The previous year, 2014, marked what could be the last year in human history in which no Star […]
It’s time for Catholics to start arguing. Not with each other. They already do that. With non-Catholics. And not about politics and sports. About religion. About the big questions. About the Catholic faith. I say […]
Bishop Thomas Paprocki, 64, has served as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois since 2010. He was born and reared in Chicago, and attended Catholic schools there. He was ordained a priest for the […]
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is “adopt a student”. Sometimes a student will be studying abroad and find themselves mostly alone at Christmas. Or maybe the season will simply be a chance to get […]
The Atlantic Episcopal Assembly (i.e, the Roman Catholic bishops of Eastern Canada) has written a short document to and about Catholics who are considering and/or preparing for “medically assisted dying” (i.e., suicide in accord with recent Canadian law). The […]
Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United States, a scholar whose brilliant translation of, and commentary on, Dante’s Divine Comedy is appreciated far beyond the […]
In a few weeks, Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited adaptation of the novel Silence will go into wide release. Scorsese’s interest in the story of 17th-century Jesuit missionaries in Japan goes back decades, and the questions it […]
Just a few weeks ago, at a ceremony for the lighting of the national Christmas tree, President Obama remarked on the meaning of the season. Here are some of the things he said: Over these […]
Two short week ago, I wrote an essay titled “The Four Cardinals and the Encyclical in the Room” in which I argued that at the heart of the escalating tension over chapter 8 of Amoris […]
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