As we Catholics join our fellow Americans in marking Thanksgiving 2023, let me sound a contrarian note: I have doubts about just how thankful we really are. The greatest single gift human beings have is […]
Melissa Kearney’s The Two-Parent Privilege has caused something of a stir: a mainstream American academic (an economist) at a mainstream public university (Maryland) writing for a mainstream American university publisher (Chicago) in 2023, arguing that […]
Do you remember Sutherland Springs? Maybe not. We’ve grown so inured to atrocities that a six-year-old mass shooting probably long ago receded out of most people’s memories—if they don’t live in its vicinity. To recap: […]
The brutal massacre of Israeli women and children by Hamas terrorists on October 7th momentarily shocked the world. What seemed to shock people even more was the almost immediate demonstrations of “solidarity” with the Hamas […]
October 16, 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope (now Saint) John Paul II. And, like 45 years ago, the anniversary falls on a Monday. One could reminisce about […]
St. John’s University in New York is the third largest Catholic university in the United States. Its current enrollment is a tad shy of 20,000 students. I got my start in academics at St. John’s […]
Back in 2015, when rumors circulated that Pope Francis was writing Laudato Sí, an encyclical on the environment, I offered some unsolicited advice as to what should be in the letter: “What Should the Pope’s […]
We just celebrated the Solemnity of the Assumption. Why was it a holy day of obligation? Because it was a Tuesday. Why wasn’t it last year? Because it was a Monday. Why won’t the Solemnity […]
In the run-up to this fall’s “Synod on Synodality,” I’ve written several essays in this journal relevant to it. I’ve addressed the demand to “welcome” and what welcome has hitherto meant in the Church. I’ve […]
Cardinal-Designate and World Youth Day (WYD) organizer Americo Aguiar generated lots of heat with his remark that the Lisbon event is not about “conversion” but “fraternity.” The blowback has led to walk backs, from “I […]
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