Analysis
The Global Future of the Catholic Church
In recent months, there have been several articles in both Catholic and secular press noting an uptick in interest in the Catholic Church among young [...]
The Global Future of the Catholic Church
Analysis
In recent months, there have been several articles in both Catholic and secular press noting an uptick in interest in the Catholic Church among young adults in the United States. While encouraging, some of the [...]
“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.
Books
The work of a missionary is often trying, but the missionaries themselves are usually the first to tell you what a tremendous blessing it is. Father Barry Martinson, S.J., is one such missionary. He has [...]
Columns
Catholic morality and social concerns
Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...]
Features
Dawn Amidst the Darkness: Dispatch from New York City
I found myself with a free morning in New York City and decided to do some reconnaissance work at Saint Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. St. Joseph’s has recently been highlighted as a lodestar of [...]
Analysis
The Eastern Lung of Pope Leo’s first encyclical
As widely commentated, the most obvious continuity framework for Magnifica Humanitas is Rerum Novarum (1891). The Holy See presented Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical as a document on “safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence,” signed on May 15, [...]
Analysis
Continuity and Clarification: On Pope Leo, Pope Francis, and Magnifica Humanitas
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (MH), has received considerable attention, including from sources not ordinarily interested in papal documents. The reason is understandable, given the attention it gives to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Pope [...]
Essay
Rediscovering Joan of Arc
As she was being led to the stake to be executed, most of the hostile crowd thought she was a witch. Yet, by the time Joan of Arc had been burned alive on May 30, [...]
Chapp's Schtick
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch
Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is a pointed and prophetic gut punch. Don’t be fooled by the usual “ecclesial-speak” argot of the text. When read carefully and closely, what emerges is a blunt, and even [...]
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“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...] -
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Mr Cracked Nut:
DR, you attend mass scripted by a freemason... Why lament those who via persecution increasingly attend mass scripted by the…
Elias Galy:
Sins against the flesh is an encompassing phrase, including lust, sloth and gluttony. It’s possible that our Lady at Fatima…
Oscar:
DIVERSITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SPAIN: “I believe that the fact that the Church deepens its identity as communion in…
