Books for Christmas
December 7, 2016
Take a stand against the electrification of reading and consider the following, in properly bound form, as gifts for those...
George Weigel
Defending Pope Francis By Slandering Church
November 30, 2016
IF THE CIVIL NEW YEAR is an occasion to resolve to “do better” in the future, the liturgical new year,...
The Real Thomas More’s Final Act of Thanksgiving
November 23, 2016
Sir Thomas More bore witness and ultimately “grasped his death,” not to vindicate his sense of self, but as the...
Catholicism Embodied: ‘The Pivotal Players’
November 9, 2016
LOOKLING FOR SOME uplift after this tawdry election cycle? Some inspiration for tackling what lies ahead? A good way to...
Catholic WikiLeaks Are No Big Deal
November 2, 2016
AT THE RISK of causing cardiac distress or cerebral incidents among the bloggers of the Catholic left, let me begin...
Russian Orthodoxy’s Aggressive Obsessions
October 26, 2016
by George Weigel WHAT DOES THE Lord’s injunction to turn the other cheek require when it comes to ecumenical dialogue?...
Changing the Game
October 19, 2016
FOR THOSE OF US who find it impossible to cast a vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump on...
Golden Memories of a Golden Anniversary
October 12, 2016
After Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium was torn down in the old hometown in 2002, I began describing the vast empty space...
Speaking of ‘Deplorables’
September 29, 2016
You’d think presidential candidates would have learned that shooting from the lip in front of deep-pocket donors is asking for...
The Vatican, China and Evangelical Prudence
September 21, 2016
Recent remarks by the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, have fueled speculation about a possible exchange of diplomatic...