Jonathan Swift, Evelyn Waugh and Christmas
True faith rejoices in knowing that the Life we celebrate at the stable in Bethlehem is the real answer to death.
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From HAL to Humanity: The Case Against Unchecked AI
Warnings from literature, theology and the Pope converge on the urgent need to protect humanity from its own Promethean creations.
What George Washington Knew About Thanksgiving That Others Didn’t
Thanksgiving to whom? Thanksgiving for what?
St. John Henry Newman and the Path of Conversion
These two books together point to a surprising conclusion
Read Dante’s ‘Purgatorio’ for All Souls’ Day
We do the poor souls a great kindness by our prayers and pious acts to help speed them on their journey to Paradise.
Synod’s Gag Rule Not the Way to Go
Organizers of the assembly have imposed a gag rule on the participants ‘in order to guarantee freedom of expression.’
Following Mr. Dooley’s Election-Year Wisdom
Instead of civility, what we have now instead are name-calling contests better suited to the schoolyard than the debate hall.
Looking Ahead to SCOTUS’ Fall ’24 Term
Abortion may not be on the court’s agenda during the 2024 term. but the protection of children certainly could be.
Synod ’24: The Process Is the Product
Here are a few thoughts on where we’ve been so far in the three years since Pope Francis launched the synodal process.
‘Queen Assumed Into Heaven, Pray for Us’
Pope Pius XII in 1950 formally defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, which had been held by early Church Fathers.
