The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
January 8, 2019
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Richard John Neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the
I’m dreaming of a noir Christmas
December 20, 2018
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Perhaps because red and green look garish together, or because roasted chestnuts have no taste, or because “everyone telling you
‘I have nothing of a saint about me,’ Newman insisted. He was wrong
December 6, 2018
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Barring the unforeseen, John Henry Newman will be declared a saint in 2019. Church authorities have determined that a woman
What Catholics lose when they leave the Church
November 22, 2018
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Ex-Catholics never seem to propose any higher, truer teaching than the Catholic faith
Even amid attempts at revolution, Rome remains the same
November 8, 2018
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Visiting the Eternal City feels like a kind of homecoming
In Rome, tradition is doing good business
November 8, 2018
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When I return to Rome, I feel a foolish mixture of excitement and pride, as though the city belongs to
Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth and two kinds of American Catholicism
October 25, 2018
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Grace Kelly took the route of assimilation. Hayworth remained exotic
The romantic Catholicism of Rita Hayworth
October 25, 2018
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If one were to tell the story of Catholic America in the 20th century, one could do worse than contrast
At the synod, the Church’s culture war looks a lot like class war
October 12, 2018
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Progressive bishops want to replace ‘rigid’ codes and speak of sexuality ‘without taboo’. How very bourgeois
The synod is all too respectable
October 11, 2018
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When Pope Francis was elected five years ago, he announced that he wanted to build a “poor Church for the
How the China deal betrays the Second Vatican Council
September 27, 2018
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The Vatican’s agreement with Beijing signifies the abandonment of Vatican II’s political vision
The irony of the China deal
September 27, 2018
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Last week, the Vatican signed a concordat with a totalitarian regime. The Chinese government, which has harassed and tortured millions