Opinion
What is Family?
A few houses down the block from mine there’s a house with two women in their late 30s or early 40s and two boys ages 12 or 13 living in it. Just about the only […]
Features
Essay
Advent with Cardinal Daniélou
Jean Cardinal Daniélou’s The Advent of Salvation, originally published simply as Advent in 1950, may be the best $3.00 purchase I’ve ever made. The out-of-print book is a classic work on the meaning of Advent. […]
Essay
It’s not impossible, just very difficult, to glean ‘heresy’ from conduct
My observation that Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago is not a “heretic” exposed considerable misunderstanding about the notion of “heresy”. Confusion on this matter should surprise no one, for antinomian times, such as those obtaining […]
Essay
Clergy have consciences, too
Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich is not a heretic. Although that adjective is being tossed his way with some frequency these days, there is no evidence that Cupich doubts or denies some doctrine that must be […]
History
The Challenge of Our Lady of Guadalupe
How wonderful that Our Lady of Guadalupe appears as a pregnant woman clothed in the sun! In the book of Revelation, Mary is described in just this manner (Rev 12:1). But we should not approach […]
Interview
St. Patrick’s Cathedral: America’s Parish Church
New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral—arguably the most storied church in United States—recently received a $177 million restoration that was completed just in time for Pope Francis’s visit to the United States in September. Today, St. […]
Interview
Cardinal Müller: Year of Mercy an invitation to know, follow Jesus Christ
At the opening of the Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has granted to CNA an exclusive interview touching on mercy […]
Essay
What Makes the Church Grow?
Just recently on the website maintained by the episcopal conference of Germany there appeared an editorial concerning Pope Francis’s apostolic visit to Africa. As many have pointed out, the piece was breathtaking in its arrogance […]
Books
Books for Christmas
It’s been a good reading year and I highly recommend the following to the readers on your Christmas (not “holiday”) shopping list: God or Nothing, by Cardinal Robert Sarah (Ignatius Press): It was the book […]
Interview
A peritus remembers Vatican II
Father Don Dietz, OMI was a peritus (consulting theologian) at the Second Vatican Council, assisting Bishop of Stockholm John Taylor, OMI. He spoke recently with Dawn Eden about his experiences at the council. Dawn Eden: […]