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February 2015

February 19, 2015

Same Sex Marriage Inevitable; Churches Must Seek Legal Protections

by Russell Shaw The likelihood that the Supreme Court next June will announce its discovery...

February 05, 2015

In Politics, Shouldn’t “Adult Conversations” be a Given?

By Russell Shaw I try to take American politics seriously, I really do. Serious issues...

February 04, 2015

A Community of Buoyant Friendship Amid Gathering Clouds

by Zeger Polhuijs This is the second in a series of looks at the works...

February 03, 2015

On Thomas Merton, a Gratitude Both Priestly and Intellectual

By Very Rev. Robert Barron I write these words on the one hundredth anniversary of...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Why Having a Heart of Gold is Not What Christianity is About

Many atheists and agnostics today insistently argue that it is altogether possible for non-believers in...

January 25, 2015

Sant’Egidio, Amsterdam: The Promise of Possibilities

First in a series of looks at the works of the Community of Sant'Egidio, in...

January 22, 2015

Jesus never said, “Don’t worry, it’s just an ideal…”

By Russell Shaw Is the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage, including indissolubility, an ideal or...

January 21, 2015

The “Throwaway Culture” Has Arrived at Our Doorstep

By Bishop Thomas Tobin Pope Francis has frequently used the phrase “throwaway culture” to lament...

January 13, 2015

Western Volunteers Support the Kurds via The Lions of Rojava

by Max Lindenman If you want to help the Kurdish people and fight IS, the...

January 12, 2015

What Francis Won’t Say About the Environment Can Open Doors for Catholics

by Jennifer Roback Morse Pundits Left and Right have been jockeying for position in anticipation...

January 12, 2015

Why We Can’t Let “The New Homophiles” Stick

by Sarah Martinez When Elizabeth Scalia shared a past First Things essay on Twitter, I...

January 12, 2015

Fr. Barron: Religion’s “Smart-People Problem” a View Rooted in Ignorance

By Very Rev. Robert Barron Daniel Dennett, one of the “four horsemen” of contemporary atheism,...

January 08, 2015

Great Society to Obama: Government Effect on Family Size

By Russell Shaw President Lyndon Baines Johnson had spoken the words “Great Society” before, but...

January 06, 2015

Francis’ New Cardinals Not Reaching Every Frontier

by Chris Lowney Pope Francis just named the first-ever Cardinals from Cape Verde, Tonga, and...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

False Values Deliver Only False Heroes

By Russell Shaw Let’s face it, 2014 was a rotten year for heroes and hero...

December 19, 2014

Ridley Scott & Missing the Point of the Book of Exodus

By Very Rev. Robert Barron Ridley Scott’s new film “Exodus: Gods and Kings” features Moses,...

December 12, 2014

Dear U.S. Catholic Theologians: Lives of Black Women & Girls Always Matter

by Shannen Dee Williams, PhD On Monday, December 8, 2014, a small group of U.S....

December 11, 2014

Culture War: Loud in Proportion to What Would be Silenced

by Russell Shaw For months after the Supreme Court abruptly legalized abortion in its Roe...

December 04, 2014

Why Write Christmas Carols in the Zombie-Era?

When Joseph Bottum announced the release of his newly-created Christmas music, the cranky managing editor...

December 02, 2014

Wanted from Pope Francis: More Company Manners

by Max Lindenman While covering Pope Francis’ visit to Turkey for the Aleteia news outlet,...

December 01, 2014

Indifferent Relativism Helps Totalitarianism to Grow

Dietrich von Hildebrand and Our Relativistic Age By Very Rev. Robert Barron Postmodern relativism and...

November 2014

November 27, 2014

“The most vicious animals!” Von Hildebrand & Nazism

by Russell Shaw To many Germans in the early 1930s, Adolf Hitler looked like just...

November 25, 2014

Autism: Small Parish Accommodations Bring Big Blessings!

By Shana Buck, OFS When I read about the Holy Father addressing the needs of...

November 20, 2014

Sister Juliet: Love Amidst the Clutter

By Rev. Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington This past Wednesday I buried a friend. Actually, she...

November 19, 2014

The Unique Ache of Desiring

By Very Rev. Robert Barron One of the classical demonstrations of God’s existence is the...

November 13, 2014

Losing Our Catholic Youth As We Dither

by Russell Shaw During the 10:30 Mass in my parish a couple of Sundays ago...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Dear Ann Voskamp: Which Mama First Modeled Fluid Beauty?

By Judy Klein Author’s note: I have quoted and paraphrased liberally from Ann Voskamp’s blog...

October 31, 2014

Will Containing Ebola, Degrading ISIS be Enough?

By Russell Shaw The headline on a recent Washington Post Op-Ed about the rise of...

October 30, 2014

Appraising Kasper’s Proposal via John Henry Newman

By Very Rev. Robert Barron The controversies surrounding the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family...

October 15, 2014

Grandparenting: A Vocation of Gentle Catechesis

by Colette M. Liddy When my mother passed away, my brother John found a list...

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