Commentary
The Catholic William F. Buckley Jr.
Roger Kimball, First Things Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Bill Buckley (1925-2008), the conservative icon, was born 100 years ago yesterday. For him, the most depressing innovation in the Church was one that will be familiar to anyone who has been…
Overcoming nihilism – The Catholic Thing
Shoah is the Hebrew word for catastrophic ruin and unmitigated disaster. Shoah is also a biblical term used to refer to the Holocaust, and Auschwitz can be understood as a condensed symbol of the many catastrophes that led up to the death camps,…
Marian theologian, esteemed by Benedict XVI, critiques “Mater Populi Fidelis”
Father Salvatore Maria Perrella, OSM via Diane Montagna Monday, November 24, 2025 One of Church’s leading authorities on Mariology has sharply criticized Mater Populi Fidelis, saying the document reveals the theological and methodological…
1,700 years ago, bishops and an emperor wrote a creed
Peter Smith, Associated Press Friday, November 21, 2025 Centuries of church schisms show that if there’s a doctrine to be fought over, there’s a good chance Christians will fight about it. That repeated splintering is what makes the Council of…
Sacraments of initiation or affirmation?
Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J., First Things Friday, November 21, 2025 The sacrament of confirmation has not generally been a pressing concern to the editors of People magazine. Last week, however, this often neglected and misunderstood sacrament…
Living the faith is simple – but hard
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture Thursday, November 20, 2025 Living out the Catholic faith is simple. Not easy (far from it) but simple, as in uncomplicated. Our Lord, challenged to name the greatest of God’s commandments, replied: “You shall love…
Open letter defends TLM against Cardinal Cupich’s ‘spectacle’ claim
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Thursday, November 20, 2025 An Italian expert liturgist has written an open letter to Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, criticizing the cardinal’s recent assertions, published by the Vatican’s news…
Is the Vatican retreating on the Latin Mass ban?
Nick Hallett, European Conservative Wednesday, November 19, 2025 The Bishops of England and Wales have apparently been told, via the pope’s own representative in Britain, that their requests for permission to celebrate the Old Rite in parish…
Casual sex, but no casual dating or courtship
Students report an alarming fact. They live in an environment, they say, in which there is casual sex, but no casual dating. Why would that be? One reason there might be so little casual dating is because of the widespread presumption that a…
No kings?
Sir Winston Churchill famously acknowledged that democracy “is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Mr. Warren writes: “Popular Democracies” exterminated, together…