Benedictine options
My most recent column at Catholic World Report deals with the issue.
Blurred Lines
I have an (unfavorable) piece on the current papacy in the May issue of Chronicles.
Is anyone Catholic anymore?
I continue my worrying about current trends in my latest at Crisis.
Do ideals matter anymore?
Such is my question in my latest column in Catholic World Report.
Without law and freedom united, truth and dignity are destroyed
And the technological approach to social life destroys both. So say I at Catholic World Report.
Exclusion, globalism, and the Church
I have another piece about globalism, exclusion, inclusiveness, and the Pope in Crisis Magazine.
Identity and the civilization of the West
I just published an essay on identity as part of a symposium put on by the Sydney Traditionalist Forum.
A turning point in the culture war?
Speculations on the meaning and uses of the Trump victory, just published in Crisis Magazine.
A Catholic populism?
I have a piece in Catholic World Report on the current wave of populism and what Catholics should do about it.
Pontiffs and pontificators
Maureen Mullarkey’s characteristically vivid comments on Pope Francis and the environment have drawn much attention from participants in the Internet Francis Wars. One big reason is that her comments sometimes go beyond the vivid to the caustic (“press toads,” “ideologue,” “meddlesome egoist,” “megalomania”). Another is that they were made on her blog at First Things… More ...