Opinion

The Persecution of Professor Esolen

December 14, 2016 George Weigel 0

Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher education in the United States, a scholar whose brilliant translation of, and commentary on, Dante’s Divine Comedy is appreciated far beyond the […]

Books

Reading Silence for the first time

December 14, 2016 Amy Welborn 1

In a few weeks, Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited adaptation of the novel Silence will go into wide release. Scorsese’s interest in the story of 17th-century Jesuit missionaries in Japan goes back decades, and the questions it […]

Why Moral Absolutes Matter

December 13, 2016 Dr. Samuel Gregg 2

At the core of the now-famous dubia submitted to Pope Francis by four cardinals is the question of moral absolutes. By “moral absolutes,” Catholicism doesn’t mean vague generalizations such as “don’t offend others” or even […]