Features
Reflections from the ruins
The reform will begin when the Church again unambiguously teaches the Gospel complete. […]
Benedict XVI
Analysis
As the Church reels, is an even larger scandal building?
As the gap widens between what the hierarchy says about Islam and what ordinary Catholics can see in the news or encounter in their own […]
Analysis
If Viganò’s “Testimony” is true, Pope Francis has failed his own test
The testimony Archbishop Viganò offers is neither perfectly crafted, nor immune to criticism, but it is wide-ranging, detailed, and devastating. […]
The Dispatch
“My Flesh for the life of the world”: The Eucharist and Evangelization
The work of Jesus—His self-giving for the life of the world—is to become our work as well. […]
General
On human dignity and the death penalty
Whether human dignity is upheld if we allow no executions remains an open question. As Plato intimated, a case for the execution of certain criminals […]
General
Development, not deviation: Evaluating Francis’ modification on the death penalty
We can reaffirm that state executions are not intrinsically evil, even while we join Pope Francis in working toward the abolition of their social application. […]
General
Capital punishment: Intrinsically evil or morally permissible?
What we appear to have on our hands is a case of interpretive undecidability. […]
General
Some questions for defenders of capital punishment
The historical record is less consistent than many suppose and it does not, in fact, support the claim that the Church has committed itself irreformably […]
General
Catechism changes demand the impossible
The new text on capital punishment seems to require Catholics to substitute this Pope’s judgment on this subject for their own. […]
The Dispatch
Understanding culture in the light of Divine Revelation
Culture does not come to exist out of necessity, rather, culture can be seen as an analog to creation: it comes to exist out of […]