Books for the Summer Of Our Discontent
July 7, 2020
Since plague time began, I’ve found the following books reassuring, challenging, illuminating, and in some cases just plain fun: which...
George Weigel
Will Nancy Pelosi Take a Page From Her Father’s Playbook?
June 24, 2020
In 1918, Mayor James Preston presented a 264-piece silver service to Cardinal James Gibbons on behalf of Baltimore and its...
The Biases of a Royal Commission
June 18, 2020
A brief dip into Latin helps us understand how preconceptions can lead to biased judgments that falsify history — as...
‘The Heavens Declare The Glory of God…’
June 10, 2020
In his “Life of St. Augustine,” the 5th-century bishop Possidius tells us that the greatest of the Latin Doctors of...
The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?
June 3, 2020
In mid-May, Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose draconian new “national security”...
Extraordinary Evangelization In Extraordinary Times
May 27, 2020
I’d heard about Father Alexander Sherbrooke long before we met in June 2011; Father Sherbrooke had been a mentor for...
Some Risky Games Intellectuals Play
May 20, 2020
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet met for the first time, Vice President Lyndon Johnson waxed enthusiastic about the...
On John Paul II’s Centenary
May 13, 2020
As the world and the Church mark the centenary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II on May...
Joseph Ratzinger, Theological Reformer
May 6, 2020
As he turned 94 on April 16, Joseph Ratzinger remained one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented men of consequence...
The ‘Historic’ Amazonian Synod
April 29, 2020
Given that he was one of the principal planners and prominent leaders of last October’s special Synod on Amazonia, Cardinal...