Ideology is the Enemy of True Faith
Events at the college where I teach have me thinking about the ersatz religion known as ideology.
Answering Atheists Arguments
Dinesh D'Souza's recent article in the Christian Science Monitor stirred up a hornets nest of response from atheists. Todays atheists, D'Souza discovered from their missives, are a scrappy, disputatious bunch. The following article is his response to some of their assertions.
Islam: A Primer
In January 2002 a group of journalists gathered at the Pier House in Key West, Florida, at the invitation of the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a two-day seminar. Its purpose was to enhance journalistic understanding of current religious and cultural issues. The session from which this "Conversation" is drawn featured Harvard historian Roy Mottahedeh, with a response by journalist Jay Tolson.
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.
A great test awaits
Rebuilding Notre Dame will be a challenge for a France so proud of its modernity.
Jussie Smollett and the Hazards of Moral Sentimentality
A well-known story says that when President Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, he remarked, "So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."
How the Church Has Changed the World: The Heart in Pilgrimage
A young man is sitting at his desk, his quill poised above the parchment while he glances toward a French poem at his side.
"Banner in the Sky": One of the Best-kept Secrets in Children's Literature
"Banner in the Sky" is an unmistakably Catholic book.
The Martyr's Cup
The early Christians give us the signs of the Christian life: broken bread and lives poured out.
The Victory of Life over Death
Throughout the centuries, and especially during the Renaissance, this iconography was to inspire representations of the Resurrection.