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When Compromise Trumps Apostolic Tradition

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Great Britain next month will unfold along a pilgrim's path metaphorically strewn with landmines.

Britain Can Benefit from Benedict

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

The seemingly endless stories of clerical sexual abuse and the mismanagement of these sins and crimes by Catholic bishops are not the only story to be told about the Church at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

The "Friends of Israel" initiative is an effort to restore a measure of moral integrity to an international environment that is becoming increasingly toxic because of untruths and rank prejudices.

An Anniversary of Consequence

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

The pro-life movement's most important legal victory since Roe v. Wade is jeopardized by Obamacare, and by the insouciance of some Catholics about the extension of the Hyde Amendment to future federal health care legislation.

What Gettysburg Means

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

If Gettysburg was the pivot of the Civil War, and if the Civil War changed the country from "the United States are..." to "the United States is...", then the United States as we know it was forged on July 1-3, 1863, outside a small crossroads town in Pennsylvania.

In Praise of Father Schall

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST

Fr. James Schall, SJ, a man of wit and wisdom, is one of the greatest living figures in Catholic higher education today, and an example of the tremendous heights to which an authentically Catholic education can lead.

Getting Beyond Bainton

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

Christians will best engage in the debate about the morally legitimate use of armed force if they liberate themselves intellectually from the simplistic and inaccurate schema that Roland Bainton taught us fifty years ago.

Surrounded by Martyrs

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

The 20th century was the greatest century of martyrdom in Christian history. The witness of these martyrs, the memory of which we must be kept bright, can be a rich and edifying source of encouragement to the Church today.

Papal Kudos for the Fourth Estate?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

Pope Benedict XVI's insistence that the "greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without but arises from sin within the Church," is hardly a ringing endorsement of recent press coverage.

Israel: A Normal Country

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

The Friends of Israel Initiative has come together to encourage men and women of goodwill to reconsider their attitudes toward the Jewish state. It is in our own best interests that an increasingly jaded relationship between Israel and many of the world's other liberal democracies is rescued and reinvigorated before it is too late for us all.

World Cup Blues

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

Not everyone is passionately interested in the 2010 World Cup.

Catholic revival in Europe?

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Have early reports of Christianity's death in Europe been greatly exaggerated? Perhaps. We shall see.

Deep Catholicism

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

In Criticizing the Critics: Catholic Apologias for Today (Family Publications), Father Aidan Nichols, O.P. makes a compelling case for Catholicism-in-full as an alternative to "Catholic Lite."

Courage in Quebec

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the archbishop of Quebec City has recently shown a willingness to confront the increasingly aggressive secularism of the North Atlantic world with reason, conviction, and courage.

Operation Let the Fire Fall

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

"Operation Let the Fire Fall" provides quality liturgical music and portable sound systems -- free of charge -- to Catholics serving in the armed forces in an effort to bolster the liturgical life of our soldiers in the face of a shortage of Catholic Military Chaplains.

Vatican Time Warp

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Time's poorly sourced and cheesily titled cover story, "Why Being Pope Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry," is long on adolescent snark, but regrettably short on substance or meaningful analysis.

Trouble For the Church, and Democracy, In Ukraine

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

The new, pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine is undoing the gains of the Orange Revolution and driving the country closer to its former master to the east, with very grave consequences for ecumenism, religious freedom, and democracy itself.

An Immigration Debate Primer

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

A few common sense considerations, courtesy of Catholic social doctrine, can bring some badly needed sanity to an immigration debate much given to bumper-sticker politics.

Troubles in Ukraine

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

Under its new president, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine is drifting ever more rapidly toward Putin-style authoritarianism. This is bad news for Ukraine, and bad news for the West.

Storm Clouds in Ukraine

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

Recent developments in Ukraine bode ill for those who would see Ukraine maintain its autonomy from their neighbor to the east.