Pope Francis is contemplating a major reworking of the top-level administrative machinery of the Church. Commentators sometimes describe this as “reforming the Roman Curia,” but if the Pope’s own words—together with public and private proposals […]
Not every saint is a mystic. Not every mystic is a saint. And not every 300-pound, cigar-smoking journalist is both a saint and a mystic. But I’m quite sure at least one of them is. […]
Frequenters of this blog and other Catholic corners of the Internet likely remember various controversies involving Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Jesuit school has come under fire in recent years for inviting Archbishop […]
It’s great when a plan comes together. It’s even better when an unplanned plan happens to come together. That’s what happened yesterday when I realized we had five book reviews and author intervews at hand, […]
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist recently released their first album of music, Mater Eucharistiae , and it has quickly become a hit, reaching #2 on the Amazon.com bestseller’s list. Singing both […]
Although not as well-known today as his fellow Jesuit Henri de Lubac and theological contemporary Hans Urs von Balthasar, Jean Daniélou holds an important place in twentieth-century Catholic theology, recognized for his dialogue with other […]
Italian journalist Alessandra Nucci, a contributor to CWR (who recently wrote this piece about Christians in Syria), sent me a note this morning about the violent and horrible events in Egypt. She stated that the […]
The well-known plot of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice revolves around a terrible mix-up by the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. The dashing Mr. Wickham convinces poor Lizzy that Mr. Darcy is a man of malice, something […]
That notorious Jew-hater Ramón Peñafort, the DOMINICAN friar then a canon lawyer in Rome and ultimately the author both of the Decretals for Pope Gregory IX and the Siete Partidas for Alfonso X,”1 “[h]e went […]
As noted here, Christians became the target of violence and vandalism in Egypt this last week, with dozens of churches being sacked and torched by Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Today the Associated […]
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