The totalitarian impulse can rear its ugly head in well-established democracies like the United States.
Full-immersion Catholicism+
What ties it all together is our shared experience of the Eucharist as the source and summit of the life of faith.
A caveat on the great Tom Wolfe+
When the great Tom Wolfe died on May 14, I, like millions of others, remembered the many moments of pleasure I had gotten from his work.
Acts and us+
The paradox, of course, is that by turning the world upside down, the Gospel helps us see the world aright.
Grace under pressure+
The story of the remarkable American and Catholic life of Abbot Thomas Frerking, OSB, deserves to be better known.
Men without conviction, churches without people+
If the Gospel is not preached with conviction ... then the Gospel will not be believed.
On ‘owning’ the Church+
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.
The Summer Reading List+
The vacation season is an opportunity to escape TwitterWorld and do some serious reading.