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Boy Scouts, "Bigotry" and the Catholic
Culture Wars | Anne Hendershott | The progressive group Catholic United tries to smear a priest who cuts ties with the BSA.
Dawson's Christendom and the Catholic Intellectual
Life | Bradley J. Birzer | Largely ignored in its day, Christopher Dawson's Christendom trilogy is the masterwork of one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers.
Interview with Dom Alcuin Reid about upcoming
"Sacra Liturgia" Conference in Rome | CWR Staff | Speakers include Cardinal Burke, Bishop Aillet, Tracey Rowland, and others.
The Christian Filmmaker and Bringing Faith
to the Big Screen | Jim Graves | Dean Wright, director of For Greater Glory, discusses being a Christian in Hollywood and his new project, Kingdom Come.
Arguing Well by Avoiding the Genetic
Fallacy | Mark P. Shea | Fixating on who uttered an idea or argument can distract us from whether or not it is true or false.
A Sure Guide to St. Augustine's Thought
and Theology | Jared Ortiz | A review of Matthew Levering's new book, The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works.
The Idea of a Catholic Society | James
Kalb | What would it mean for society and its institutions, including government, to become Catholic?
Discernment and Communion | Fr. Bryce Sibley | If young people
want to properly discern a vocation, they need an expert to help guide them.
Vocation for the Wives of Ordained
Permanent Deacons | Mary Gannon Kaufmann, MA, MS | Women who pray for the Church and who are spouses of permanent deacons are undoubtedly responding to a
unique grace of personal mission.
• Review: Dr. Hitchock's History of the Catholic Church is "a unique joy."
• "It's awesome": Creative Minority Report praises new Joseph Pearce book
• Know Him in the Breaking of Bread
• The Blessed Sacrament: It's either All or nothing
• Homilies for June 2013 (HPR)
• An Ignatian Bishop of Rome (HPR)
• Know Him in the Breaking of Bread
• The Truth About Joan of Arc
• "The Creed and the Trinity" by Henri de Lubac, SJ
• Archbishop Chaput and Pope Francis on religious freedom
• Pope Francis reflects on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, mercy, and love
• Jim Gaffigan on big families: "Well, why not?"
• Pope Francis engages students in spontaneous Q&A
• Pope Francis: "It is more difficult to let God love us, than to love Him!"
• On Pope Francis' first major statement on ecology
• Benedict XVI: "I'm fine. I live like a monk."
• Pope Francis: "We all have our hidden idols"
• Francis won't spend his summer at Castel Gandolfo
• Pope Francis focuses on environment, creation, relationships, "culture of waste" (full text)
• Abp. Cordileone lauds "victory in the Land of Lincoln"
• And Much More!
The Blessed Sacrament: It's Either All or
Nothing | Carl E. Olson | If the Eucharist is Jesus, it demands humble acceptance; if not, it is an idolatrous offense against God.
An Argument for Arguing Well | Mark P.
Shea | The case against ad hominem arguments, the first of three very popular argumentative blunders.
Strange Gods and New
Idols | Russell Shaw | On recent, timely warnings from Pope Francis and The Anchoress.
The Invisible Boy | Anthony Esolen | The recent decision
by the Boy Scounts indicates that we must now pretend that boys are not boys, just some neutered youth.
The "Acid Test" of a Bishop | Fr. James V.
Schall, S.J. | Pope Francis's recent address to the Italian bishops was a call to be models of discipleship, not masters over persons.
Carl's Cuts for the End of May | Carl E.
Olson | Thoughts on recent news stories and articles about Pope Francis, Islam, Hans Küng, atheist, Dan Brown, the Dalai Lama, and much more.
Dan Brown's Infernal
Fiction | Anthony Esolen | Inferno, sets out to decry overpopulation but instead reveals an ill-cultured, undereducated populace.
Pope Francis teaches that everyone is saved!
Wow! (Hold on. Wait a second.) | Carl E. Olson | Were the Pope's recent comments about redemption and atheists as radical as some reports indicated?
Expanding the Culture of Death
in Vermont | Anne Hendershott | Why Vermont is low-hanging fruit for the abortion and assisted suicide lobbies.
So Many Jesuses, So Little Time | John B.
Buescher | Numerous attempts to rewrite and revise the life of Jesus Christ aim at destroying belief in objective truth.
Should We Bring
Back Young Marriage? | Leslie Fain | Marrying young isn't for everyone, but there are good reasons it should be considered.
The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity | Carl E.
Olson | The Trinity is not just a theological mystery to us, but also a life-giving mystery for us.
Catholics, Atheists, and the "Digital
Areopagus" | CWR Staff | An interview with author and blogger Brandon Vogt about StrangeNotions.com.
How Great Is This Gatsby? | Thomas M. Doran | A review of Baz Luhrmann's new film
adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Catholic Radio: Faithful, Interactive, and
Growing | Jim Graves | Solid programming and improved technology have spurred the growth of Catholic radio networks.
Human Life in the Fast Lane: Conversing with Jérôme
Lejeune | John Hamlon | Dr. Lejeune was a man of faith. Indeed, he exuded faith: in life, in science, in God.
The Charismatic Renewal and the Catholic
Church | Alessandra Nucci | A look at the history and future of the sometimes-controversial movement.
Three Births and the Third
Person of the Trinity | Carl E. Olson | On Creation, Incarnation, and Pentecost.
The Cardinal and the
Taoiseach | Michael Coren | Cardinal O'Malley's boycott of Boston College's graduation is both welcome and momentous.
Jewish-Catholic Dialogue 65 Years after the Founding
of the State of Israel | CWR Staff/Michael J. Miller | An interview with Cardinal Kurt Koch.
The Stuggles of Middle Eastern
Christians | Christopher B. Warner | Middle Eastern Christians face serious difficulties due to American foreign policy, Jewish nationalism, and Muslim jihad .
"Morning after" pills and the loss of moral
bearings | Russell Shaw | Marriage and family are in serious trouble and many public policy solutions to this crisis are wrongheaded.
An atheist identifies "the central problem with the
gay marriage agenda" | Carl E. Olson | The atheist editor of Spiked! takes on "the iron fist in the velvet glove of gay marriage".
Thinking as a Christian with Josef
Pieper | Matthew Anger | The German philosopher ranks alongside Maritain and Gilson as one of the important Catholic thinkers of the postwar period.
What is Social Justice? (Part
Two) | J. J. Ziegler | The teachings of Vatican II, Paul VI, John Paul II, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
What is Social Justice? (Part
Two) | J. J. Ziegler | The teachings of Vatican II, Paul VI, John Paul II, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The Rise, Fall and Future of Catholicism in
the U.S. | CWR Staff | An interview with Russell Shaw, author of American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of
Catholicism in America.
In Ireland, the political fight over
abortion rages on | Michael Kelly | Proposed legislation would legalize abortion when the mother's life is at risk. But is the measure medically necessary?
Pope Francis and the "Sad Life of Slumbering
Christians" | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The Holy Fathers speaks of ultimate things in ways that are very intelligible to us.
The Ascension reveals man's calling to
eternal, divine life | Carl E. Olson | Why the Incarnation and the Ascension are so closely connected to one another.
Proclaiming Christ through Catholic radio | Jim
Graves | An interview with Steve Gajdosik, president of the Catholic Radio Association.
The Glorious Chant of "Angels and Saints at
Ephesus" | Christopher S. Morrissey | A beautiful new album from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, helps us make room for truth in our lives.
A Schall Report on Things Current and
Otherwise | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Thoughts on moving across the country, teaching and popes.
Mark and Peter: Coptic Pope Tawadros
II visits Pope Francis | Christopher Warner | The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch visits the Vatican for the first time in forty years.
Carl's Cuts (for May 11, 2013) | Carl E.
Olson | Commentary on several recent news stories, essays, and reviews.
This week on "As the LCWR
Turns" | Catherine Harmon | A guide to recent controversy involving the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Puzzle-Plot Mysteries and Their Golden
Age | Thomas M. Doran | Locked rooms ... impossible crimes ... whodunit?
Redefining Marriage Will
Sever the Roots of Children's Family Trees | Bill Maguire | Remaking marriage will result in the vast deforestation of many children's family trees.
Pope Francis, Romans 8, and the
theme of theosis | Carl E. Olson | It is readily evident that Romans 8:15-17 is a passage with great significance for the Holy Father.
Benedict and Francis: A Lesson in Apostolic
Continuity | William L. Patenaude | The differences between the two men give witness to the different gifts of the same Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit: Gift, Counselor, Advocate,
Helper | Carl E. Olson | "The Holy Spirit comes forth as the substance of love, and Gift is his proper name."
What Are Catholics To Do?
(Part III) | James Kalb | Catholics cannot make success the standard when that means cooperation with evil.
The Innocence of Common Sense and the Deconstruction
of Marriage | John S. Hamlon | The world needs to hear the deep, life-giving, theological resonance of God's plan for marriage and family.
The Ambiguity of Islam | Carl E.
Olson | Making sense of why few Muslims renounce acts of violence committed by those who identify themself as true adherents to Islam.
Six Arizona Churches Not
to Miss | Jim Graves | The state of Arizona is home to many beautiful and historic Catholic churches.
Building Bridges Between Orthodox and Catholic
Christians | Christopher Warner | An interview with Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ, prominent Byzantine liturgical theologian and ecumenist.
The Death of China's Most Famous & Powerful
Bishop | Anthony E. Clark | The late, enigmatic Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, S.J., of Shanghai described himself as "both a serpent and a dove."
Impregnable America is just a
memory now | Russell Shaw | The United States used to be literally beyond the reach of foes, but that is no longer so.
"Sister Churches": A Clarification | Michael J.
Miller | The expression "Sister Churches" is not theological but historical and, in recent years, diplomatic.
Faux bravery, empty diversity, and the secular sainthood
of "gay" athletes | Carl E. Olson | On the un-closeted and curious case of Jason Collins.
Numbers aren't everything but they
are something | Mark Brumley | Quantitative assessments of church membership don't tell us everything but they can tell us something.
Of Bishops and Bombers | William
Kilpatrick | It is time for Catholic leaders to update their thinking on Islam.
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