Tag: Anthony Esolen

Who is a Christian? – The Catholic Thing

The Department of Defense recently made waves over a decision to remove Mormons from the category of “Christian,” to distinguish more clearly among the chaplains and the servicemen as to who might best minister to them in matters of faith and…

Folly in the Seat of Wisdom

Reports out of New York say that the state’s Department of Health has issued warnings to the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, whose order has, for over a century, run a hospice for patients dying of incurable cancer.  Indeed, the village where…

Why Should We Trust Them?

The German episcopate appears all agog, not to say hot and lathery, to extend blessings to men who bed down with men, and women with women, apparently believing that Saint Paul and Saint Jude have nothing to teach them: Germany having led the…

Evangelizing Bedlam – The Catholic Thing

In one of the great ironies of linguistic history, the English word “bedlam,” suggesting frenzy, madness, chaos, and noise, comes from what was then the common British pronunciation of the sacred name Bethlehem, in the Hospital of Saint Mary in…

Orpheus Redeemed: A review of ‘Hamnet’

Hamnet, the 2025 film that has already won a slew of awards and is a favorite to win Oscar “Bests” for Picture, Director (Chloé Zhao), and Actress (Jessie Buckley), deserves its accolades. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, it reimagines the…