May 2024 Commencement addresses by Harrison Butker and Jonathan Roumie weren’t opposites but offer contrasting, not contradictory, Catholic approaches, which have roots in the Gospels.
Read MoreThe wrongly imprisoned, like Cardinal George Pell, the Carmelite martyrs and Jimmy Lai, use the arts to raise their hearts to God, offering a certain interior freedom, even contact with the transcendent.
Read MoreLove is more reasonable than loneliness, hope more reasonable than despair, because God is with us
Read MoreThe notion has always been offensive to non-Jews, but it shouldn't be
Read MoreGood players can play for different teams — especially when a coaching change is coming
Read MoreThat's been tried before, and Russia broke its promise
Read MorePope Francis chose to go to Mass under the gaze of Napoleon rather than Notre Dame under its reconstructed roof. Perhaps new wisdom will come in Corsica about how to deal with tyrants.
Read MoreFor the past 14 years on Friday nights, the Reagan family endured the pains of policing with the help of God’s grace.
Read MoreIts characters struggle to be virtuous in a profession that works daily amid society's moral transgressions
Read MoreThe cathedral, which was nearly destroyed in a 2019 fire, reopens this weekend
Read MoreThe celebration of the restoration of France’s famed cathedral is happening on the same weekend as a consistory of new cardinals at the Vatican, providing an intriguing juxtaposition rich with symbolism.
Read MoreBoth Jewish and Catholic commentators were taken aback by the inclusion of John 8:44, a biblical phrase used for centuries to disparage Jews as children of Satan.
Read MoreHenry, who retired as the Catholic bishop of Calgary in 2017, died on Tuesday
Read MoreCardinal Ayuso was not a well-known figure, even in Rome. But he was at the center of an important story for nearly 20 years.
Read MoreThere's been much signalling, but no virtue
Read MoreAdvent comes, a new year beckons. Jubilee 2025 awaits. But after the turmoil of the past year and other points in the current papacy, Rome shows much weariness and little vitality.
Read MoreHe wears a blue suit, tie and cufflinks every day
Read MoreYes, there was a pro-Nazi rally at MSG in 1939. But it was also the site of FDR's fiery speech of 1936 and rallies by presidents Truman and Dewey
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