Special Report
Features
Essay
The House of Lies
The recent endorsement of same-sex marriage by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came as no surprise. She joins a long list of politicians—mostly Democrats, but increasingly more Republicans—who claim to have been “recently” converted […]
Interview
“Satanism is about destroying the Church”
Editor’s note (March 26, 2013): Deborah and the editors understand that readers can click through the links and see Deborah’s last name. However, Deborah requested that her last name not be used in this article, […]
Special Report
In the Footsteps of the March for Life
Supporters of both traditional marriage and same-sex unions will converge on the nation’s capital this week as the Supreme Court takes up two cases that could do to marriage what Roe v. Wade did to […]
Special Report
Peter and Andrew: Brother Pilgrims to Jerusalem
Pope Francis met with fraternal delegates of the Orthodox Churches, other Christian churches, and world religions on Wednesday, March 20. These representatives had come to Rome for Francis’ inauguration Mass on Tuesday. Prior to the […]
Books
Duncan Stroik: Church Architecture—Tradition in Continuity
For centuries in Rome, great masters of architecture vied for commissions from the popes, and they designed all the better for it. Raphael (1483–1520) completed spectacular paintings in the papal apartments, and broodingly brilliant Borromini […]
Special Report
A Week of Firsts
Some of the less-experienced journalists covering the papal conclave were right on the money one week ago. As wrote in my report last Monday, many of these young vaticanisti covering their first conclave believed that […]
Editorial
Pope Francis and the Humility of Orthodoxy
For many people, including many Catholics, the Catholic Church is too old-fashioned, staid, and boring, supposedly failing to be “relevant” and “with the times.” And yet, the ancient traditions and venerable institutions of the Church—especially […]
News
Cardinal Bergoglio elected as Pope Francis
Vatican City, Mar 13, 2013 / 01:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has become the next Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis. Pope Francis greeted the crowds […]
Interview
“A failure to do that is an abdication of my responsibility.”
His Excellency, Bishop Robert F. Vasa, is the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California. Prior to coming to Santa Rosa in January 2010, he was the bishop of the Diocese of Baker, […]