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• Cardinal George: Abortion is evil and contrary to the common good
• Happy Birthday! Avery Cardinal Dulles turns ninety
• Benedict on Paul's encounter with the Risen Christ
• USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities responds further to Pelosi
• Establishment of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Foundation announced
• Artless Absurdity
• The confused dogmatism of the "I'm pro-God, anti-organized religion!" crowd
• Palin the Post-Denominationalist?
• Catholic = Pro-Life
• Witness, if you can bear it, the fanatical devotion to abortion
• And now, a brief musical interlude...
• Further rebuke and lessons for Pelosi
• Shaw to bishops: Go public and take the flak
• "Academic" vs. "nonacademic"; or, things to consider when arguing about Shakespeare
• JOB OPENING at Ignatius Press
• And Much More!
• Denys the Areopagite and the Divine Light | | Carl E. Olson | An audio interview with Dr. William Riordan, author of
Divine Light: The Theology of Denys the Areopagite.
• The Beijing Invitation | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The Olympics remind us that many governments see religion as
something to be controlled and persecuted.
• China's Thriving Catholics: A Report From Beijing's South Cathedral | Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. | A report on a
recent visit to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, one of Beijing's most beautiful churches.
• What's a "Pretend Ex-Boyfriend"? | Mary Beth Bonacci | It's never too early to start teaching little girls about the difference between a boyfriend and a husband.
• Against What Do We Fight? On Cardinal Dias at Lambeth | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | What did Ivan Cardinal Dias,
head of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, say Lambeth?
• The Introduction to Prodigal Daughters: Catholic Women Come Home to the Church |
Donna Steichen | The introduction to stories of former radical feminists who reconciled with the Church.
• Ultimate Battles | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | A review of Dr. Raymond Dennehy's novel,
Soldier Boy, which depicts the battle in heaven between Lucifer and St. Michael the Archangel.
• Fairest Daughter of the Father: On the Solemnity of the Assumption | Rev. Charles M.
Mangan | This feast day helps us to reconsider the person of the Ever-Virgin Mary and her singular mission in the Church.
• The Beginnings | Vernon Johnson | Chapter One of
One Lord, One Faith.
• Will To Truth: On the Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | "The virtue that I most associate with Solzhenitsyn is ...
the courage to tell the truth when the regime, any regime, is built on a lie."
• The Underpopulation Problem | Michael J. Miller | Steven W. Mosher, president of
Population Research Institute, talks about the ongoing work of population controllers to promote contraception and abortion worldwide.
• Elections and the Parish | Fr. Frank Pavone | The president of Priests for Life
provides an overview of what it means to practice "Eucharistic citizenship" along with ten steps to help guide Catholic voters.
• Walking In the Footsteps of Saint Paul | Carl E. Olson | Steve Ray offers many insights into the life,
work, and writings of St. Paul.
• What I Learned From Henry Morgentaler | Carl E. Olson | In 1991 I heard
Dr. Morgentaler speak passionately of his favorite topic: abortion.
• The Catechism: Proclamation and Pedagogy | Petroc Willey, Ph.D., S.T.L., Pierre de Cointet,
and Barbara Morgan | The Preface to The Catechism of the Catholic Church and
the Craft of Catechesis.
• Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Death: Why John Paul II Was Right | Dr. Raymond Dennehy |
A penetrating analysis of Pope John Paul II's The Gospel of Life and the culture of death.
• Challenges to Preaching Paul | Rev. Michael F. Hull, S.T.D. | When like Saint Paul, a homilist must strive to be faithful, passionate, and useful.
• Laborers for the Harvest | Jeff Ziegler | New data about the numbers of seminarian and priests in Asia,
Africa, the Holy Land, and Oceania.
• The Monsignor and the Don | An Interview with Fr. Milton Walsh | Carl E.
Olson | The author of Second Friends: C.S. Lewis and Ronald Knox in
Conversation discusses the two great English authors and apologists.
• The Year of Saint Paul | Carl E. Olson | Some links to information about the
Pauline Year.
• On The Risk of Listening | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | In his ongoing work of addressing what he
calls the "crisis of modernity," Pope Benedict XVI continually urges a return to vibrant, authentic philosophical inquiry.
• Who Is "The Universe" And Why Does It Care What I Think? | Mary Beth Bonacci | Oprah claims that
"The Secret" will help people solve all of their relational problems. Here's why she is wrong.
• Introduction to The Gift of Infallibility | Rev. James T. O'Connor | Background and
context for the First Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution Pastor Aeternus.
• "The Agent of Truth on the Margin of the World" | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Msgr. Robert
Sokolowski's new book "is nothing less than a masterpiece of philosophical clarity and depth of understanding."
• Discerning What Is Christian | Margaret M. Turek | The foreword to Hans Urs von Balthasar's
Engagement with God.
• Priests of the Domestic Church: A Father's Day Homily | Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers |
Jesus "calls husbands and fathers who are lost ... to find our way back to our Father in heaven."
• The Movement that Won't Die | Elenor K. Schoen | A health care ethicist examines
the growing movement in Washington State for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide.
• The Ministry of the Bishop in Relation to the Blessed Trinity | Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I.
• Angelo Roncalli and Priestly Celibacy | Fr. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• Jesus in the Gospel of Luke | Christoph Cardinal Schönborn
• Pope Benedict XVI, Theologian of Joy | Monsignor Joseph Murphy
• Introduction to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's God's Word:
Scripture, Tradition, Office | Peter Hünermann and Thomas Södin
• The Next Life Is a Lot Longer Than This One | Mary Beth Bonacci
• Ever Old and Ever New | Rev. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• The Renewal of Vatican II: Distractions and
Distortions | Douglas Bushman, S.T.L.
• "Introduction to Christianity": Yesterday, Today,
and Tomorrow | Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Chopra's Christ: The Mythical Creation of a New Age
Panthevangelist | Carl E. Olson
• Pastoral interpretation in
Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth | Dr. Peter S. Williamson
• Introduction to Adrienne von Speyr's The
Book of All Saints | Hans Urs von Balthasar
• A New Pentecost: The Holy Father's inspiring visit
to the U.S. | George Neumayr
• Benedict XVI's Theological Vision: An
Introduction | Monsignor Joseph Murphy
• Chesterton and Orthodoxy: An Insight Podcast | Dale Ahlquist
• Chesterton and the "Paradoxy" of Orthodoxy |
Carl E. Olson
• The Emancipation of Domesticity | G.K. Chesterton
• Experience, Reason, and Authority in the Apologetics of Ronald
Knox | Fr. Milton Walsh
• St. Thomas and St. Francis | G.K. Chesterton
• Mary and the Convert | G.K. Chesterton
• ChesterBelloc | Dr. Ralph McInerny
• Seeing With the Eyes of G.K. Chesterton | An Interview with Dale Ahlquist
• Recovering The Lost Art of Common Sense | Dale Ahlquist
• The Life and Theme of G.K. Chesterton | Fr. Randall Paine
• The Inquisitions of History: The Mythology and the
Reality | Rev. Brian Van Hove, S.J.
• Chapter 1 of Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau | Fr. Jean Bernard
• Chapter 1 of The Living Wood: Saint Helena and the Emperor
Constantine (A Novel) | Louis de Wohl
• Traveling With the Apostolic Fathers | An Interview with
Steve Ray
• Rediscovering Christopher Dawson | Brad Birzer
• St. Augustine and Pelagianism | Stephen N. Filippo
• On Writing A History of Christianity in China | Fr.
Jean-Pierre Charbonnier
• St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Early Church | Kenneth Whitehead
• From Catholicism to Radical Feminism and Back | An interview with Lorraine V. Murray
• "The Best Books I Read in 2007..." |
IP Authors, Editors, and Staff
• Hell on Earth and the Hope of Heaven | An interview with Michael O'Brien
• Faithful Even Unto Death: The Witness of
Alfred Delp, S.J. | Fr. Albert Münch
• William P. Clark: The Quiet Catholic Who Changed the World |
An interview with Paul Kengor
• "Jews Demand Signs" | An Interview
with Roy Schoeman
• The Gift of the Abbey of Regina Laudis | An Interview with
Antoinette Bosco
• Why Are There So Many Ugly Churches? | An interview with
Moyra Doorly
• Going Deeper Into the Old Testament | Interview with
Aidan Nichols, O.P.
• Reform or Return? An Interview with Rev. Thomas M.
Kocik
• The Theological Genius of Joseph Ratzinger | An
Interview with Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, S.V.D.
• "The Reality of God": Benedict XVI on the Trinity
• Ratzinger's Faith and Reason
• The Papal Visit
• Resurrection and Real Justice
• On Being Moved
• "Always More Than Is Seen": Benedict XVI on the Meaning of Man
• The Only Way You Can Be You
• Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up? | Joseph Pearce
• Finding Shakespeare and Reclaiming the Classics | An interview with Joseph Pearce
• ID vs. "Big Science"--On The Big Screen | Carl E. Olson
• Pornography, Electronic Media
and Priestly Formation | Sister Marysia Weber, R.S.M., D.O.
• Dawkins' Delusions | An interview with Fr. Thomas Crean, O.P.
• Opening pages of Island of the World | Michael O'Brien
• Roman Catholics for Obama '08 |
Paul Kengor
• Flawed History, Flawed Decision | Fr. Ralph Wright, O.S.B.
• The Church Betrayed? |
Germain Grisez
• Warning: This Is a Dangerous Book | Lorraine
V. Murray
• A Genuine Conversion or Act of
Perjury? | Joanna Bogle
• Priestly Vocations in America | Jeff Ziegler
• Cardinal Pell on Global Warming and Pagan Emptiness | Michael
Gilchrist
• The Case Against Abortion | Interview with Dr. Francis Beckwith
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists
of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church
in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary
criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American
Chesterton Society and author of
G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism,
history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked
by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless
today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more
about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.
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Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication and Communion in the Catholic Church
by Russell Shaw
Shaw, the former communications director for the U.S. Bishops, discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and the serious
problem of mistrust that exists in the credibility of the Church. He is not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people's reputations, but
with the stifling, deadening misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to communion and community in the Church in America. Shaw raises such questions as: What kind of Church do we want our Church to be, open or closed? What kind of Church should it be? And how much secrecy is compatible with having
such a Church? As Pope Benedict XVI has stated, "The consequence is clear: we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another." The Church is a communion, not a political
democracy, and thus openness and accountability are even more crucial for the life of the Church than they are in a democracy. In a talk he gave many years before he became the current Pope,
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had this to say about the reality of ecclesial communion: "Fellowship in the Body of Christ and receiving the Body of Christ means fellowship with one another. This
of its very nature includes mutual acceptance, giving and receiving on both sides, and readiness to share one's goods ... In this sense, the social question is given quite a central place
in the theological heart of the concept of communion." This is a beautiful vision of the Church. Shaw's aim in his book is to make a contribution to realizing this vision in the concrete circumstances
of the present day, by helping to end the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and replacing the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith.
Read more about Nothing to Hide.
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