Auschwitz and ‘Intrinsic Evil’
February 5, 2020
Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, the infantrymen of the Red Army’s 322nd Rifle Division were bludgeoning their way...
George Weigel
The Bullies and That Book
January 29, 2020
Immediately after news broke on January 12 that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah had written a book...
‘The Two Popes’: Baloney, Brilliantly Acted
January 15, 2020
I first met Pope Emeritus Benedict in June 1988; over the next three decades, I’ve enjoyed many lengthy conversations and...
New Year’s Resolutions For Concerned Catholics
January 8, 2020
During and after the grim martial law period in the early 1980s, many freedom-minded Poles would greet each other on...
Christmas, Freedom And Obedience
December 23, 2019
On December 17, the day the first “O Antiphon” signaled the intensification of preparations for Christmas, the Church read the...
The Well-Fought Fight
December 18, 2019
The incorporation of Anglican hymnody into English-language Catholic worship is one of the great blessings of the past 50 years....
Give Some Books For Christmas
December 11, 2019
Resist the twitterization of thought — give books for Christmas! The following titles will delight, instruct, edify (or all of...
A Last Chance for Australian Justice
December 4, 2019
My late parents loved Cardinal George Pell, whom they knew for decades. So I found it a happy coincidence that,...
The Reformed Liturgy, 50 Years Later
November 27, 2019
Fifty years ago, on Nov. 30, 1969, the Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of Advent with the universal implementation...
Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?
November 20, 2019
November 9 marked the 30th anniversary of the peaceful breach of the Berlin Wall — the symbolic high point of...