Guest Columnist
Favorites of the year
I will not presume to present you with the best classical recordings of 2011, but will inflict upon you my... Read more
The Muslim-Catholic forum: Can you name the animals?
Late last month, 24Catholic and 24 Muslim leaders, scholars, and educators met on the east bank of the Jordan River... Read more
A Weimar moment for the Arab world
Last February, Bernard Lewis, the famous historian of the Middle East, warned that if elections were held early after the... Read more
Making room in a wounded heart for the infant Christ
As we enter the Advent season, when the Church invites us to prepare for the coming of the Christ Child,... Read more
Young people and gay marriage
Last year a bill to legalize civil unions was defeated in Colorado. The legislation will be back again when Colorado’s... Read more
Fall into chamber music
A chill in the air, crackling leaves, and a roaring fireplace put me in mind of chamber music for some... Read more
Founding Fathers in faith
As I knelt staring at St. John de Brebeuf’s skull through the glass case at the Martyr’s Shrine in Midland,... Read more
The importance of voting
Catholics have a responsibility to participate in public life in order to positively influence our communities, our states and our... Read more
Will the Arab Spring turn into winter?
With the lunatic tyrant Moammar Gaddafi almost gone from Libya and the ground shaking under Bashir Assad’s feet in Syria,... Read more
Same-sex marriage: A novel notion of justice
The extent to which people will go to advance their rationalizations for sexual misbehavior grows ever more amusing and ambitious,... Read more
'Living the Call,' a new book from Encounter Books
That Elias Josue Moo went to Catholic school for 13 years and never once heard of the University of Notre... Read more
Tapped out
My friend Charles “Mask” Lewis died last year just as I was preparing to go into production on my film... Read more
The Pope and 9/11
Pope John Paul II, although a man of the Church, was possessed with an uncommon sense for the dynamics of... Read more
A parochial tragedy
When I went to get the morning paper off the porch at 6 a.m. I did not see the church... Read more
Lives of Caring
It’s been 10 years since 9/11. The day that changed everything, and everyone who watched replay after replay of airplanes... Read more
Abortion kills a potential saint, but it’s not a saintly deal killer
They say you shouldn’t talk about religion or politics in polite company. In a jarring opinion piece on CNN’s website... Read more
Why World Youth Day matters
World Youth Day is a mighty experience, not just for those who came home in late August to tell us... Read more
Setting the record straight about World Youth Day
Denver pilgrims got front row seats to the riots that took place in Madrid to protest World Youth Day. They... Read more
The past and the future of the United States of America
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles is quickly becoming one of the most persistently prophetic voices in the Church of... Read more
