It does Pope Francis no good service to demean his two predecessors as rigid ideologues.
Columnists
Ordinary Time and John the Baptist+
Humility, simplicity and perseverance: these are the virtues for 2017!
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 trouble with the ‘You-Go-Girl’ Culture+
It is not enough, in a word, to show women as intelligent, savvy, and good; you have to portray men as stupid, witless, and irresponsible.
‘Doctor Strange,’ scientism and the gnostic way station+
While Doctor Strange is far from a satisfying presentation of the spiritual order, it represents a significant step in the right direction.
Advice for Young Catholics+
There is just something uniquely moving about seeing 9,000 energetic kids suddenly falling to their knees in silent adoration.
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.
A report from ‘Baby Bishop School’+
It was an extraordinarily vivid demonstration of the universality and catholicity of the Church born from the wounded side of Jesus and perduring across vast expanses of space and time.
Recalling Detective McDonald’s 2014 visit to Deer Park School+
McDonald told students that holding things like anger, revenge or hatred in your heart can be as damaging as a bullet, only spiritually rather than physically.