John Green, the author of the mega-hit The Fault in Our Stars, recently posted a video titled “My Religion.” Green is, by all accounts, a tremendously successful and thoughtful man: He’s a New York Times bestselling author (with […]
During my time in the seminary, I once found myself confiding in my spiritual director. I say “confiding,” but it was more of a gentle moan, the sort one emits when one’s shoes pinch or […]
A prominent Nigerian Catholic researcher and criminologist has issued a stark warning: Christianity could disappear from Nigeria within the next 50 years if the persecution of Christians continues and an agenda of Islamization succeeds. Emeka […]
In Carl R. Trueman’s most recent book, titled To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory From Marx to Marcuse (B&H Academic, 2024), the noted scholar and author hones in on the much-discussed but not always well-understood history, foundations, […]
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Cardinal Prevost, ascended to the papacy during a period of profound theological inquiry and heightened institutional introspection within the Church. His election took place against the backdrop of the Church’s […]
Fr. Jonathan Wilson, a priest of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, is the pastor of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Westerville, Ohio. Here he shares the experience of pilgrimaging to Italy with his […]
In contemporary debates in Catholic moral theology, a distinction is often drawn between actions that are flatly ruled out in principle and those whose permissibility or impermissibility is a matter of prudential judgment. For example, […]
The Warning and the problem of noise It is easy to underestimate The Warning at first glance. Three sisters from Monterrey, Mexico, who first came to attention through a viral Metallica “Enter Sandman” cover as […]
I am not a “traditionalist”. At least not in the sense that the term has come to mean these days in common ecclesial parlance. I have sharp theological disagreements with the theological tendencies among some […]
There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this […]
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