Books
In Christ-Haunted California: Dana Gioia’s 99 Poems
A new collection of poems is a remarkable retrospective on the career of one of America’s most accomplished and controversial poets. […]
Month: April 2016
Analysis
Are Pope Leo XIII and Pope Saint John Paul II “feeling the Bern”?
One week ago, the morning after the Vatican’s one-day conference Centesimus Annus 25 Years Later, Pope Francis and U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders happened to meet in the lobby of the Vatican hotel, Casa Santa […]
Analysis
Five Serious Problems with Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia
For Catholics who feel weary about the abuse that the Christian family has lately suffered at the hands of militant secularism, Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) has many encouraging things to say: […]
Books
Vatican liturgist: “We are administrators, and not the masters, of the sacraments”
Just a few days before the publication of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, a book launch was held in Rome featuring several distinguished cardinals and prelates from around the world. The book, Con […]
Interview
The Church in Crisis: Roots and Realities
Fr. Martin R. Tripole, S.J., is professor emeritus of theology, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia who earned an S.T.D. from the Institut Catholique in Paris, France. He is the author of Church in Crisis: The Enlightenment […]
Film & Music
Max Reger, 100 years after his death
Late on the night of May 11, 1916, in a Leipzig hotel bedroom, a guest who had recently been visiting the Netherlands suffered a fatal heart attack. He was only 43 years of age, but […]
Essay
The best Nuncio we’ve had thus far
The announcement that Archbishop Christoph Pierre will succeed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States is an opportunity to pay tribute to a courageous churchman who has served Catholicism, Pope Benedict […]
Books
A Christian Statesman in Ireland
Former Irish Taoiseach (or Prime Minister), John Bruton, has published a collection of his lectures, columns, and book reviews titled Faith in Politics, on Irish politics and history, economics, the environment, the European Union, world […]
Essay
Porn and the Curse of Total Sexual Freedom
The most recent issue of Time Magazine features a fascinating and deeply troubling article on the prevalence of pornography in our culture. The focus of the piece is on the generation of young men now coming of age, […]
Analysis
The Difficult Way of Mercy
Allow me to suggest the case of an apostolic exhortation never written that may never be written. Let’s say it deals with the pastoral concerns that arise due to the increasing presence in our society […]