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May 2017

May 28, 2017

Where Does the Body of Christ Go After the Ascension?

Jean-Luc Marion argues for a more profound and mundane post-Ascension destination than classical paintings, which...

May 26, 2017

Why Does the World’s Leading Philosopher Remain a Catholic?

Catholic triumphalism isn't much in fashion these days, but Jean-Luc Marion bucks the trends.

March 2017

March 13, 2017

Is There a Way to Get Beyond Making the Best of a Bad Liturgy?

The following is an exchange I facilitated between Villanova theologian Kevin Hughes and Notre Dame liturgist...

March 12, 2017

What Do Sex, Lent, UFO’s, Evolution, and the Shroud of Turin Have in Common?

They're all, in one way or another, connected with Catholicism. That's how they're related. These...

March 10, 2017

Why is the Catholic Experience of Sex so Different from the Protestant Experience of Sex?

Our religious beliefs are not private, because they shape our experiences of fundamental realities such...

March 09, 2017

Who Knew Sex Helps You to Experience God’s Presence in the World?

Who knew this about sex and God? Well, the writers of the Bible and the...

March 08, 2017

Increasingly Secularized Americans Are Sexless, But Catholics Might Be Bucking the Sex Trends

The sexual revolution appears to have paradoxically liberated our libidos from sex itself. This seems...

March 07, 2017

Lent Blockbuster: John Paul II’s Private Spiritual Diaries to Be Published Soon

The matter of privacy is especially dear to intellectuals. Milan Kundera, whom I mentioned in...

March 03, 2017

Extraterrestrials Aren’t a Threat to Theology, Because They Aren’t New to the Ancient Church

I'm completely enthralled with the question, "Is there anybody out there?" --Fr. Brian Reedy SJ...

March 01, 2017

Don’t Give Up For Lent

To the outsider the season of Lent might seem like an irrational outbreak of Pelagianism....

February 2017

February 24, 2017

See You at Fordham’s Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination Conference?

You'd think that a religious imagination that can produce public intellectuals such as Dana Gioia, Ron Hansen,...

February 15, 2017

The Young Pope: The Second Coming of Brideshead Revisited?

In many ways, The Young Pope is the second coming of Brideshead Revisited. In the...

February 09, 2017

Lady Gaga: The Super Bowl’s Muse of Nationalist Catholicism

Catholicism isn't in decline in the United States. It is as loud and up-front as...

February 02, 2017

Alt-Right Bête Noire Milo Yiannopoulos is an Aquinas-quoting Catholic

The news of the violent Berkeley riots that canceled the promotion of alt-right bête noire Milo Yiannopoulos' forthcoming book Dangerous...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

St. Paul’s First Letter to the Catholics

Today's second reading is 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17: I urge you, brothers and sisters, in...

December 2016

December 10, 2016

The Medieval Catholic Origins of Human Rights (Day)

The head-in-the-sand stance of many Catholics toward the modern world leaves them unprepared to engage their...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

The Biblical Weight of Suffering in Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Winning Songwriting

Bob Dylan is one of my earliest theological influences, therefore it gladdens me to see...

October 12, 2016

Executive Director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good Responds to “Catholic Spring” Wikileaks Allegations

When I woke up this morning, I never thought I would get caught up in...

October 08, 2016

Will Priests For Life Pull Its $445,000 Out of the Trumpster Fire?

$445,000.00 is nearly half a million dollars. Is Priests for Life budgeting almost half a...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Benedict XVI Admits to Being an Early Critic of Humanae Vitae in Book-Length Interview

A religion is only plausible if it tells you what to do with your genitals....

September 02, 2016

Humility Turns Away the Liturgy Police

Last week, I wrote a reflection on the role of discipline in the Christian life....

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Pokémon is Anti-Christian, but It’s Not Anti-Catholic

The Pokémon phenomenon is inescapable. I might the only person who hasn't played the game...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

Analyzing Steve Skojec’s Poop Slinging at the Pope: A Running Commentary

I exhort you — be zealous to do all things in harmony with God, with the...

July 18, 2016

Take Leave of the American Catholic Blogosphere’s Bad Conscience

Theology is born when the arbitrary judgment of reason encounters a limit, in that we...

July 07, 2016

Only Useful Idiots Would Say Cardinal Zen is Calling for Schism in China

On June 30, 2016, the Italian news outlet La Stampa put out an article written...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Benedict’s Unequivocal Endorsement Silences Francis’s Critics

These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer,...

June 24, 2016

Before Brexit: The Catholic Imagery and Origins of the EU

The next couple of weeks you'll watch the British Pound turn into the British Ounce...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Philosopher Martin Heidegger is so Catholic he’s Publishing from Purgatory

The philosopher Martin Heidegger is arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th century. He...

May 04, 2016

Catholics4Trump: Donald Trump’s Presumptive Nomination is Good News for Catholics

The electorate these days is thinking apocalyptically. This presidential election cycle is too much even for the strongest...

May 02, 2016

This 1 Thing Has Never Before Happened in the Sistine Chapel

No, it's not nudity, as you can still tell from the cover photo even if...