That the Reformation was a revolution is not a new idea. Centuries before contemporary scholars Brad S. Gregory or Patrick J. Deneen assessed the Reformation as an accelerant for modern secularism, individualism, and materialism, thinkers […]
After college, I was a member of a small, traditionalist Presbyterian church in my native Northern Virginia. Most everyone was politically conservative, and there were few formally endorsed ministries because, church leadership argued, only ecclesial […]
When my wife and I moved our young family to Thailand almost ten years ago, the most obvious choice for our church was an English-speaking Redemptorist parish in downtown Bangkok, a stone’s throw from the […]
A Catholic friend of mine recently had a supervisor who criticized him for his tendency to disregard underperforming colleagues with a frankness others found hurtful or embarrassing. “He’s a Christian,” the supervisor said. “He’s supposed […]
What movies do you think best encapsulate Catholic themes or ideas? What favorite movies of yours do you think effectively represent an important aspect of Catholic teaching? Buy me a beer and I’ll be happy […]
Joseph Ratzinger didn’t want to be pope. He didn’t even want to be a bishop. When, in 1977, the apostolic nuncio informed him of his appointment as archbishop of Munich and Freising, he first requested […]
Early twentieth-century Danish painter Einar Wegener enjoyed dressing in women’s clothes—a habit he developed when he would don the apparel of his wife, a fellow artist, and model for her. In time, encouraged by his […]
Some Protestants know they have an authority problem. They know that exclusive reliance on a book (the Bible) as the sole manifestation of infallible teaching fosters a scenario in which there is no authoritative means […]
Why do Protestants convert to Catholicism? If you’ve watched even a few episodes of Marcus Grodi’s “Journey Home” on EWTN, or read conversion stories from the likes of Scott Hahn, Francis Beckwith, Thomas Howard, Fr. […]
Earlier this year, my wife attended a baby shower for a woman having her first child. My wife, a mother of five children, was a bit of an outlier in a crowd of female professionals, […]
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