Essay
Our Lady and the Snow
My husband hates the snow. In it he just sees bitter cold and heaps of work to shovel up. While I have sympathy for his disdain of winter, my own experience has given me a […]
Features
News
Francis affirms indissolubility of marriage, objectivity of annulment conditions
In his annual speech to the Holy See’s main court on Friday, Pope Francis affirmed the indissolubility of marriage and clarified that poorly developed “personal faith” is not itself a grounds for finding that a […]
Essay
Spokane’s “Walk for Life Northwest” demonstrates purpose, compassion, warmth
Last Saturday I had the good fortune to participate in an event that was clearly a turning point in the history of the Spokane Catholic Diocese, and may quite possibly be part of a larger […]
Interview
The hijacking of the women’s movement, and the resurgence of pro-life feminism
Sue Ellen Browder has worked as a journalist for more than 40 years, writing for several decades for Cosmopolitan and other women’s magazines. Her articles from that period were calculated to “soft sell” the Cosmo […]
Analysis
Anglican drama: The Episcopal Church gets a time out over same-sex marriage
Watchers of the Anglican and ecumenical scenes witnessed some fireworks January 14 when the Anglican Communion’s Primates’ Meeting, in historic Canterbury, England’s primatial see, made a bold gesture, unprecedented in a denomination known for its […]
Books
“A Deeper Vision” reveals the abandonment of the Catholic intellectual tradition
In one of his informative dispatches from Rome during the Synod on the Family last fall, Robert Royal remarked with regret on the extent to which the synod fathers appeared to have taken their prescriptions […]
Essay
The First Grace of Mercy is the Grace of Conversion
Just what is a jubilee year? Its roots are found in Jewish law and practice, with Leviticus 25:10 as the signal text calling for a remission of debts – spiritual and temporal – every fifty […]
Interview
When the U.S. Abandoned a Catholic President
On November 2, 1963, shortly after they attended Mass in the city of Cholon, Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were taken from a nearby Marian grotto and executed. They […]
Essay
Pope Francis and the Evangelicals
The whole Christian world has watched with fascination as Pope Francis, over the past several months, has reached out to evangelicals. Who can forget the mesmerizing iPhone video, filmed by the Pope’s (late) friend Bishop Tony […]
Essay
Is Loyola Marymount University Losing its Catholic Identity?
Like many institutions of higher education in the United States, Loyola Marymount University wrestles with questions of religious identity. These discussions—at least as they relate to faculty composition—can now be better informed thanks to a […]