"Grant us the grace to be ashamed of what we men have done,"
JFK after 50 years+
I fear that much of the Kennedy mythos is an obstacle to the flowering of Catholic witness in America—and indeed to a proper understanding of modern American history.
G.K. Chesterton, genius+
Ian Ker weaves the story of a Catholic defender of reality who was utterly convinced that history is His-story, God’s story.
The failures of U.S. international religious freedom policy+
If the promotion of religious freedom abroad (like its defense at home) is both the right play and the smart play, why does the U.S. do it so badly?
Continuing to fight for marriage+
In the words of the “Red Tails,” the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, “we fight, we fight, we fight.”
The last laugh of Alfredo Ottaviani+
The notion that “error has no rights” is very much alive – ,,, where religious indifference has indeed led to intolerance of religious conviction.
The Rise of Evangelical Catholicism+
Recreational Catholicism—Catholicism as a traditional, leisure-time activity absorbing perhaps 90 minutes of one’s time on a weekend—is over.
Marriage & True Nature+
If children are simply a lifestyle choice in a “family” that is nothing other than a willed arrangement for mutual convenience, children lose their rightful place and their rightful dignity.
