The New Testament begins with a story about a humble young woman who willingly submits to the will of God when He calls her to a momentous vocation.

This new form of brutality has a particular hatred for Christianity.

Over the past decade, I've suggested—too many times to count—that we're living through a kind of second Reformation. An entirely new Reformation.

Last week, the presidents of three Ivy League universities—Harvard, MIT, and Penn—appeared before Congress to address the issue of anti-Semitism on their campuses, in the wake of the conflict between Hamas and the state of Israel.

Now that I've had a bit of time to readjust to my normal rhythm and to think through the rather extraordinary experience of the last month in Rome, I would like to share some impressions of the Synod on Synodality, even as I will endeavor not to violate the pope’s request that we refrain from talking about particular participants and votes.

Because Catholicism is incarnational, it strives to become inculturated in whatever culture it is found, like yeast and like salt.

Blueprints for flourishing in the midst of a decaying civilization.

If you're an American, you might not know much about a decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two small countries located in the Caucasus region, where Europe and Asia meet.

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again." - Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History (1968)

The New York Times called it "brilliant and demanding," but the 2018 British film Peterloo grossed less than $2 million in its U.S. box office. The reason is simple.