Has the Supreme Court sold out to religion? You could be excused for thinking so if all you had to... Read more
Nearly buried last month in the hubbub surrounding the U.S. bishops’ debate over who is and isn’t worthy to receive... Read more
The Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider an abortion case from Mississippi next fall touched off a predictable outpouring... Read more
If you’re seeking evidence of how hard it is for the Church to communicate its message in and to our... Read more
Is Pope Francis a populist? The simple answer is no. A better answer is necessarily more complicated. Read more
Imagine trying to follow a game whose rules and objectives you don’t know and whose players aren’t letting on. That... Read more
Intellectual confusion resembling a smog of the mind has been a deadening presence in Catholicism in the years since Vatican... Read more
Eight years ago I published a book called American Church. The subtitle explained what it was about: “The Remarkable Rise,... Read more
A little over two centuries ago – in 1810, to be precise – a brave, devout woman named Elizabeth Ann... Read more
The Vatican document tracing the rise of ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick through the hierarchy’s ranks has been praised for its unprecedented... Read more
If you were wondering what became of moral legalism, wonder no more – legalistic thinking has found its home in... Read more
Let me begin with what I suspect will be a welcome promise – I won’t tell you which candidate to... Read more
When did confirming someone for a seat on the Supreme Court become a traumatic ordeal for the candidate and the... Read more
A friend asks me to write about miracles, taking as an example the events that brought him and his wife... Read more
Some years ago, Lee Edwards, a veteran conservative writer and a friend of mine, launched an organization, the Victims of... Read more
Under the heading “A fair chance for children” the New York Times editorial board recommends four measures to help low-income... Read more
In the late spring of 1945, as World War II was drawing toward a close, a novel called Brideshead Revisited... Read more
Does the Catholic Church have a right to follow its convictions about sexual morality in its own institutions without being... Read more
Disappointed prolifers were predictably angry at Chief Justice John Roberts for providing the fifth vote in the five-member Supreme Court... Read more
Not long after coming to power in 1933, the German government headed by Adolf Hitler sought a formal agreement with... Read more