Blaming the Wartime Pope
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
Out of the Closet and into Chastity
My pilgrimage from being a homosexual-rights activist to living life as a chaste Catholic began in earnest when I read the writings of a modern-day Protestant martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
A Nursery Rhyme Pope Francis Would Do Well to Read
Of the twelve apostles, only one was a diplomat, and he is the only one of them who was not a saint, having drunk a toxic cocktail of arrogance and naïveté. This recipe is still fatal.
Let's Begin at the Beginning . . .
Let's start with a couple of questions that are bound to be on the minds of people outside church circles.
Stephen Hawking: Great scientist, lousy theologian
Stephen Hawking was a great theoretical physicist and cosmologist, perhaps the most important since Einstein.
Canada can and should save this woman's life
A poll revealed some 10 million Pakistanis would be willing to murder Asia Bibi, a Christian, either for her 'blasphemy' or for offered payment.
"The Smoke of Satan" from the Introduction
How did our bishops lose the confidence of the faithful, and how can the profound damage to the Church be repaired.
One Statue Worthy of Destruction
The bien pensants were elated when Pope Francis canonized St. Junipero Serra in 2015.
The Sexual Revolution and the Church
Before the sexual revolution, Catholics and the broader world stressed responsibility, gravity and adult standards of behavior.