Squandering Moral Capital
January 24, 2019
The morality of tyrannicide is not much discussed in today’s kinder, gentler Catholic Church. Yet that difficult subject once engaged...
George Weigel
Nothing About Us Without Us
January 16, 2019
The slogan “Nothing about us without us” was used by Solidarity in the 1980s in Poland, borrowing a royal motto...
Lay Collaboration and Episcopal Authority
January 9, 2019
The Vatican is a hotbed of rumor, gossip and speculation at the best of times — and these times are...
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...
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...