Note: Earlier this spring, Ignatius Press published “True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church.” The author delivered these remarks at the University of Dallas on April 19. I’d like these comments to […]
Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C., a contributor to CWR, and the author of the new book True Confessions: Voices of Faith […]
Tranquility in the Church is a rare and beautiful thing, with an emphasis on that word, “rare.” And this explains why two of my favorite saints are Francis of Assisi and Augustine of Hippo. Both […]
Persons worried about the current “synodality” process in the Catholic Church have good reasons to be anxious. The car wreck of the German Catholic “synodal path” on matters of sexuality and Church governance is one […]
The following is adapted from July 30 remarks to the 12th annual Napa Institute summer conference. One of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite movies – and I mean this seriously — is the 1975 film Switchblade Sisters. […]
Catholic journalists are called to report the truth with "a consuming passion for excellence," veteran journalist and scholar Francis X. Maier says. / Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 12, 2022 / 15:08 pm (CNA).
Editor’s not… […]
I was on a Zoom conference call a couple of weeks ago. The face of one of the men on the screen was especially old and cranky. He had squinty eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses reminiscent […]
Editor’s note: The following text is adapted from July 24 remarks at the 2021 national Napa Institute summer conference. Napa’s summer conference gets better every year. It’s an island of encouragement in a world that […]
Before I finish this article, it will be obvious how my family and I will vote on November 3, and why. But I’ll also speak of a man whose Catholic faith and public service I […]
In January 2017, three days before Barack Obama left the White House, the New York Times published an opinion piece entitled “Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump.” Written by Beverly Gage, it spoke darkly […]
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