In 1986, after serving in a variety of capacities in the Jesuit province of Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio commenced doctoral studies in Germany. The focus of his research was the great twentieth century theologian and […]
Mary Ann Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University and President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (she is also former Ambassador of the United States to the Holy See Member […]
Between social media, smartphones, and the breakdown of the family, myths about marriage are constantly bombarding us. Just scroll through your Facebook page and see the comments, articles, and updates people post about love being […]
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ new encyclical Laudato Si’, Alan Jacobs notes that the encyclical’s third chapter, “The Human Roots of the Ecological Crisis,” calls to mind an influential essay by Lynn White, entitled “The Historical […]
Black Bench is a polis within a metropolis. Its population—nine individuals robed in black—is constant. When one of its inhabitants retires or dies, an outsider—vetted, appointed, and affirmed—fills the vacancy. Its raison d’être is to […]
Imagine living the rest of your life in the same building and not being permitted to go outside the property, unless for grave necessity. This life, while it may be the life of those incarcerated […]
“It seems that the best of Ricci’s efforts to write something unique blended of Chinese and European ideas were either rejected or misread by Chinese contemporaries. And this, perhaps, is the inevitable fate of such […]
“Everybody’s a critic.” That old saying proves especially true today in the digital age. Just look at the tidal wave of instant analysis that greeted Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’. It seems as if everybody […]
I’m a Benedict XVI man. I came into the Catholic Church thanks largely to his witness—his way of doing theology, his confrontation with modernity, and above all his teaching on the centrality of liturgy. Many […]
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