“But ‘tis the talent of our English nation/still to be plotting some new Reformation” – John Dryden Introduction: Catholic endurance during the English Reformation Oxford, which I visited for two weeks this past July and […]
As the Japanese novelist Shusako Endo noted, people often ponder where they were born, a circumstance over which they had no control, while giving little […]
There is some comfort to be had in the fact that, appearances aside, things really have always been so, that the project we call Western […]
Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times reveals that we have arrived at a point where what is actually anti-human is politically defined and […]
“In reading The Chronicles of Narnia,” says the prolific biographer and critic, “we find ourselves in the presence of great and necessary truths.” […]
At the very least, we want to be able to entrust our care and that of our loved ones to people who are not on […]
When it comes down to it, many of us rather have a Jesus we’re comfortable with than conforming our lives to that one unique and […]
Eventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are […]
Today, we are deluged with information, voices, images, and pitches. It’s not a matter of tuning out, but one of fine tuning our minds to […]
The continuing connection of the dead to the living highlights the paradox at the heart of Catholic teachings on death. […]
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