Features
Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom
The tragic impasse that exists in our culture on the issue of homosexuality stems from two errors. […]
John Paul II
Essay
St. John Paul II and Jérôme Lejeune: Two lives at the service of life
Note: The following remarks were made at the II International Bioethics Conference, in Rome, on May 18, 2024. Many of the participants in this conference are experts in the life and thought of a great […]
The Dispatch
Questions to enliven Synod-2023
The first session of the “Synod on Synodality,” currently meeting in Rome, is slated to be followed by a second such month-long affair in October 2024. Both aim to build a “Synodal Church of Communion, […]
The Dispatch
Lessons on labor, love, and life from St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa teaches us that work must be based in love in order to be truly fruitful. This truth applies to all work, whether one […]
The Dispatch
“Holy Virgin, Holy Mother, assumed into Heaven, pray for us.”
The witness of Mary needs to be highlighted for the benefit of all women and for the good of all society. In her dual identity […]
The Dispatch
The refined, problematic casuistry of Abp. Fernández’s defense of chapter 8 of “Amoris Laetitia”
Archbishop Fernández’s essay on the controversial eighth chapter of Amoris Laetitia attempted to dispel doubts about that papal document’s orthodoxy but has only raised more […]
Features
Games theologians play with truth and morality
Not too long ago, Randall Smith accused Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of playing Jenga with Catholic theology. Jenga is a game in which players take turns removing crisscrossed wooden blocks that make up a tower, […]
Features
John Paul II and me (and the Poles)
In the first chapter of Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy quoted an exasperated Congressman, John Steven McGroarty, who wrote an irritating constituent in these neatly acerbic terms: One of the countless drawbacks of being […]
The Dispatch
Boomers or bust? On Vatican II and generational arguments
I recently penned a Crisis online article, titled “OK Boomer: It’s time to move on from Vatican II,” which (unbelievably to me) received responses from George Weigel and Dr. Larry Chapp. I respect the work […]
The Dispatch
The Way of the Exile: A Review of Prophet
MPAA Rating: Not rated at the time of this review USCCB Rating: Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels Nearly every Catholic knows that Pope St. John […]