Opinion
What is Family?
A few houses down the block from mine there’s a house with two women in their late 30s or early 40s and two boys ages 12 or 13 living in it. Just about the only […]
Month: December 2015
Essay
Advent with Cardinal Daniélou
Jean Cardinal Daniélou’s The Advent of Salvation, originally published simply as Advent in 1950, may be the best $3.00 purchase I’ve ever made. The out-of-print book is a classic work on the meaning of Advent. […]
Essay
It’s not impossible, just very difficult, to glean ‘heresy’ from conduct
My observation that Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago is not a “heretic” exposed considerable misunderstanding about the notion of “heresy”. Confusion on this matter should surprise no one, for antinomian times, such as those obtaining […]
Sojourns with Schall
Essay
Clergy have consciences, too
Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich is not a heretic. Although that adjective is being tossed his way with some frequency these days, there is no evidence that Cupich doubts or denies some doctrine that must be […]
History
The Challenge of Our Lady of Guadalupe
How wonderful that Our Lady of Guadalupe appears as a pregnant woman clothed in the sun! In the book of Revelation, Mary is described in just this manner (Rev 12:1). But we should not approach […]
Interview
St. Patrick’s Cathedral: America’s Parish Church
New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral—arguably the most storied church in United States—recently received a $177 million restoration that was completed just in time for Pope Francis’s visit to the United States in September. Today, St. […]
Interview
Cardinal Müller: Year of Mercy an invitation to know, follow Jesus Christ
At the opening of the Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has granted to CNA an exclusive interview touching on mercy […]
The Typical Catholic Vote—and the Supreme Court
With the election of a new president less than a year away, at least one thing about the outcome seems reasonably clear: whoever the winner turns out to be, a majority of the voters identifying […]
General
The priest who is the new face of Polish nationalism
Poland has had a shift to the political right, as evidenced by the recent victories of the “Law and Justice” party in both the presidential and parliamentary elections this year. One reason for the election of […]