Soho Pilgrimage: A Christmas Meditation
December 28, 2018
To be a pilgrim is to be going somewhere. That somewhere is the Kingdom come among us at Christmas, and...
George Weigel
Books for Christmas
December 19, 2018
Take a stand against the electronification of everything – give (real) books this Christmas. Some recommendations:
Why 42 Had to Be Impeached 20 Years Ago
December 12, 2018
TWENTY YEARS AGO this month, I found myself seriously double-booked, so to speak.
Cleansed and Conformed To God’s Will
November 28, 2018
“Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted” has long been one of my favorite hymns. Its tune, taken from the...
Vatican Autocracy and US Bishops
November 21, 2018
As the U.S. bishops gathered in Baltimore on the weekend of Nov. 10-11, it seemed certain that, after a day...
A Century After the Armistice
November 15, 2018
I’m just old enough to remember when my elders still called Nov.11 “Armistice Day:” the armistice in question that which...
Roots of Catholic Anger
November 7, 2018
After a month out of the country, working in Rome at Synod-2018 and helping mark the 40th anniversary of John...
Shifting Structures in World Christianity
October 31, 2018
The recent decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to grant autocephaly to a unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church – which...
A Public Church, Not a Partisan Church
October 24, 2018
The temptation to ally the Church with a particular political party and its program is a perennial one, it seems....
John Paul II, Youth Minister
October 17, 2018
POLE THAT HE WAS, Karol Wojtyla had a well-developed sense of historical irony. So from his present position in the...