On September 24, 1949, Georgii Karpov, chairman of the agency that provided “liaison” to the Russian Orthodox Church for the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, wrote Josef Stalin and his chief henchmen a confidential letter […]
Whatever your views on Donald Trump, it is wrong to put the burden of responsibility on him for the violence at his Chicago rally on Friday. According to the mainstream media’s explanation, the clashes inside […]
Almost 500 years after Augustinian monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Cathedral of Wittenberg, Swabia (October 1517), and 494 years after the bull of excommunication issued by Pope Leo […]
One of the most impressive literary figures of the twentieth century was the Irish writer Iris Murdoch. You may have heard of her surprising and thoughtful novels such as A Severed Head and The Good Apprentice; or perhaps […]
Consider the following proposal: Bill Cosby for the Laetare Medal. For those who don’t know, the Laetare Medal, called this because the recipient or recipients are announced each year on Laetare Sunday, is the University […]
The bishop of the diocese in which the University of Notre Dame is located released a pointed statement today criticizing the decision of the university to bestow its prestigious Laetare Medal on Vice President Joe […]
Alexander Chow’s pioneering book, Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment, provides a long-awaited scholarly discussion of theosis, or “divinization,” vis-à-vis the theological trends in the history Chinese Christianity. While not without some problematic […]
“The Obama years have brought America to the brink of transformation from constitutional republic into an empire ruled by secret deals promulgated by edicts.” — Angelo Codevilla, The Federalist, February 29, 2016. “The common bond […]
Focus Features’ movie The Young Messiah, which opens in theaters this weekend, tells a story of a year in the life of the 7-year-old Jesus as he, in his human consciousness, begins to discover who […]
From BostonGlobe.com, which operates CRUX, its site dedicated to Catholic news and views: The Boston Globe said Friday that it will shut down Crux , the newspaper’s online publication devoted to news and commentary on […]
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