George Weigel discusses each in a short essay on the First Things site about his new book, Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church: The challenge can be defined simply: Throughout the Western world, the culture no […]
The Incarnation did not happen silently. The Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary, and she heard and responded. There were actual words, a dialogue using voices. In the very beginning of all things, God used words. […]
In the early fall of 2010, I wrote this Catholic World Report piece on the mysterious and gruesome murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese in Iskenderun: Iskenderun, a port city on the Eastern shore of the […]
The Vatican Information Service’s report on Benedict’s most recent General Audience, given today: Vatican City, 6 February 2013 (VIS) – Continuing his catechesis on the symbol of Christian faith, the Holy Father’s General Audience today […]
“The event of the Incarnation, of God who became man, like us, shows us the daring realism of divine love. God’s action, in fact, was not limited to words. On the contrary, we might say that […]
In what is, to my knowledge, the first response from an American bishop to the proposed changes to the HHS mandate rolled out by the Obama administration last Friday, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has […]
It all started during the 2012 presidential campaign. Ann Romney, reaching out to female voters—especially independents in swing states—publicly commiserated with their angst over job and economic uncertainties. In a terse, staccato tone, Hilary Rosen, […]
David Catron writes that the “central issue of the public debate over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate” has been that of religious freedom, a focus that is “hardly surprising.” But why, he asks, would the […]
Archbishop-elect Alexander Sample, 52, will be installed as the 11th archbishop of Portland, Oregon on April 2, succeeding the Most Reverend John Vlazny. Archbishop-elect Sample was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Marquette, […]
Some insist football is like a religion, but that is surely nonsensical. If it really were so, football fans would dress up in special clothing, travel to large and ornate buildings, join together in feasting […]
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