"It was the celebration that was particularly galling."
Columnists
The ever-present totalitarian temptation+
The totalitarian impulse can rear its ugly head in well-established democracies like the United States.
The Challenge of John Chau+
And yet…Jesus did indeed instruct his disciples to bring the Gospel to every nation—it was in fact his final command.
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.
All sinners are welcome!+
Does the Church’s welcome imply that everyone is fine just as he or she is?
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.
How to promote religious liberty+
It is our acts of love that will overcome the obvious hostility toward sincere religious beliefs that threatens peace and unity in our pluralistic society.
The Summer Reading List+
The vacation season is an opportunity to escape TwitterWorld and do some serious reading.