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A luminous example of the gospel: in memory of Jean Vanier
May 09, 2019
Jean Vanier, the Canadian Catholic philosopher and humanitarian who died on Tuesday aged 90, was a giant of a man. Well over six feet tall, he towered over me when I visited him for an interview in Trosly-Breuil, France, in 2015. In Vanier, however, even his height and bearing were transfigured into a source of
A luminous example of the Gospel: in memory of Jean Vanier
May 07, 2019
Jean Vanier, the Canadian Catholic philosopher and humanitarian who died on Tuesday aged 90, was a giant of a man. Well over six feet tall, he towered over me when I visited him for an interview in Trosly-Breuil, France, in 2015. In Vanier, however, even his height and bearing were transfigured into a source of
Western Christians should learn from the Sri Lanka martyrs
April 25, 2019
“He who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me,” but “he who loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:38-9). By that stark measure of discipleship, Sri Lanka’s slaughtered Christians have amply proved themselves. On Sunday, they filled their churches in Colombo to greet the Risen
Western Christians should learn from the Sri Lanka martyrs
April 23, 2019
“He who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me,” but “he who loses his life for my sake will find it” (Matthew 10:38-9). By that stark measure of discipleship, Sri Lanka’s slaughtered Christians have amply proved themselves. On Sunday, they filled their churches in Colombo to greet the Risen
Unplanned is this generation’s Matrix
April 09, 2019
This spring marks the 20th anniversary of The Matrix. It was 20 years ago that the hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) picked the red pill over the blue, and was given an unforgettable glimpse of a world in which robots enslave untold billions of human beings, extracting their life force to fuel their evil empire. The
The tiny college that shows how to save US higher education
March 21, 2019
America’s radiating college-cheating scandal – wealthy parents allegedly bribed athletic coaches to admit their unathletic kids to elite institutions – is best understood as a symptom of a civilisation that no longer believes in the possibility of truth. We in the West have oodles of facts, things we can learn with our senses and measure
Pope Francis’s Marian devotion is an example to us all
March 07, 2019
It’s considered bad form to respond to negative – or in this case, mixed – reviews of one’s book, and I don’t intend to do that here. But I was struck by a parenthetical remark in a critique of my memoir, From Fire, by Water, which recently appeared in the Tablet. My Catholicism, the reviewer
The war on priestly celibacy
February 28, 2019
The Consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in Catholicism. Which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to rally around these teachings and practices of the Church, to double down on them, to defend them articulately and winsomely. Because at stake is nothing less than the power of divine grace
A new ideology is attacking celibacy. We’ve been through all this before
February 22, 2019
The Consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in Catholicism. Which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to rally around these teachings and practices of the Church, to double down on them, to defend them articulately and winsomely. Because at stake is nothing less than the power of divine grace
The Pope’s Abu Dhabi trip has vindicated Benedict XVI’s Regensburg lecture
February 07, 2019
Pope Francis made history this week when he became the first Catholic pontiff to visit the United Arab Emirates – which is to say, the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. His presence here gave succour to the region’s often-persecuted Christian minorities, uplifted the more than 120,000 faithful who packed a stadium for Tuesday’s papal
The Pope’s Abu Dhabi trip has vindicated Benedict XVI’s Regensburg lecture
February 05, 2019
Pope Francis made history this week when he became the first Catholic pontiff to visit the United Arab Emirates – which is to say, the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam. His presence here gave succour to the region’s often-persecuted Christian minorities, uplifted the more than 120,000 faithful who packed a stadium for Tuesday’s papal
How everyone failed the Covington boys
January 24, 2019
To the boys of Covington Catholic High School: Many of you are still reeling from the trauma of the past few days. Some of you are no doubt fending off vicious online attacks, instigated by loudmouths on the internet with blue checkmarks next to their names. Your parents are worried sick about what all this
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