The question of “who owns the Church” has had a stormy history in Catholic America, although the terms of reference have changed considerably over time.
A Lent to remember+
Visiting the 'station churches' in Rome added new perspective on Lent.
Theology isn’t math; but it is theology+
Applying the truths of the faith to the complexities of life is not a matter of logic alone... But if they stretch truth to the breaking point, they’re unlikely to be pastorally effective.
Fake history+
It does Pope Francis no good service to demean his two predecessors as rigid ideologues.
The Persecution of Professor Esolen+
Catholic higher education is uniquely positioned to do something about these twinned problems of historical amnesia and political-cultural corruption.
The end of an era, the interment of an event+
The Al Smith Dinner has become the Al Smith Embarrassment. It’s time to give thanks for what it once did – and then give it a decent burial.
The Vatican, China and evangelical prudence+
Recent remarks by the Vatican’s Secretary of State have fueled speculation about a possible exchange of diplomatic representation between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.
Catholicism’s empty quarter+
Québec, a flourishing Catholic region for centuries, is now Catholicism’s empty quarter in the Western Hemisphere.
