Austin Ruse
What message is sent to victims of priest sex abuse that Cardinal Roger
Mahoney will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Los Angeles
Archdiocesan Education Conference, the largest Catholic gathering in the
country? Exactly five years ago, Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped Mahoney
of all administrative and public church duties. Why? Gomez was nice
about […]
Peter Maurice
Look to the generals, the great patrons and architects, the captains of
industry, the princes of the Church, for a gauge of an institution’s
vitality. Virile epochs, however tumultuous, make way for a Charlemagne,
an Abbot Suger, a Carnegie, a Leo the Great. In effete, self-doubting
times, froth and effluvium ride the waves, while solid […]
Fr. George W. Rutler
From October 22 to November 30 in 1878, a large fair was held in the
Cathedral of Saint Patrick in New York City before its dedication. That
took advantage of the magnificent open space before pews were installed
to the distress of the architect James Renwick who objected that
Protestant furniture had no place in a […]
Casey Chalk
I recently wrote an article offering a different approach to
communicating with Mormons. Instead of the often confrontational stance
of trying to prove their theology wrong on Biblical grounds, or even
less effective, mocking their unusual beliefs, I suggested Catholics
work within a paradigm of hospitality and empathy, inviting LDS members
into their home, feeding […]
Jesse B. Russell
The Internet is haunted by readily memeable misquotes and
misattributions of quotes. Among the ever growing detritus of fabricated
and seemingly sagacious sayings is a quote wrongly attributed to the
eighteenth-century French radical Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire,
which reads something like this: “I disapprove of what you say, but I
will defend to the death your […]
Rev. Dwight Longenecker
One of the most high-ranking feminists in the Catholic Church is Phyllis
Zagano, the well-known advocate for the ordination of women to the
diaconate. A member of the papal commission to examine the historical
precedents of deaconesses, Zagano has researched the subject extensively
and is the author of many learned articles and several books. Phyllis
[…]
John Horvat II
From time immemorial, people have buried the dead. Sometimes, they even
risked their lives to carry out this most basic duty. In times of
persecution, for example, Christians put themselves in great danger to
recover the bodies of martyrs so that they might receive the holy rites
of Christian burial. The Old Testament recounts the […]
John M. Grondelski
I’ve started calling the proposed federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
the “Zombie” Amendment because, no matter how many deadlines one sets
for its expiration, we always seem to be in the middle of “Night of the
Living Dead.” The latest resurrection attempt has been made January 9 in
the 2019 session of the Virginia Legislature, […]
Sean Fitzpatrick
January 25 marks the birthday of Robert Burns (1759-1796), the national
poet of Scotland, and is observed worldwide with the Robbie Burns
Supper, a night of poetry, song, toasts, haggis, and “Tam o’ Shanter.”
The tale of Tam and his devilish interloping is customarily enacted in
vaudevillian style during the Supper, bringing the flare and flavor […]
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