“The sculptor arrives at his end by taking away what is superfluous.”– Michelangelo to Benedetto Varchi, 1549 The greatest artist of the Renaissance is famous for something he may never have said: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until…
Donald Trump’s second term has transformed the priorities of the American Catholic hierarchy, and the formerly “conservative” bishops have been sounding more liberal. Its teaching hasn’t changed, but the president’s second term has shifted the…
A correct Catholic approach to AI becomes clearer, I think, if we approach a foundational text in Catholic Social Teaching, Rerum novarum, not as about structural issues in political economy, but rather as about claims on time and claims of…
Says one Bible reviewer, Tim Wildsmith, Catholic Bible publishers “have clearly recognized the value of producing durable, beautiful, reader-friendly Bibles.” Not surprisingly, as a result, he says, “demand is growing, and so are the options.”…
Though the scope of this revival is unclear, there’s little doubt that an unexpected trend is underway. Some polling indicates that the younger generations are becoming more religious, and not just more religious, but more likely than their…
The Jeffrey Epstein files expose three colossal failures, each of which is a cautionary tale worth contemplating at length. First, and most obviously, let us condemn Washington. Second, the files’ contents gave us a gruesome peek into the moral…
Nearly six months after publicly criticizing Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan to give a “lifetime achievement” award to pro-abortion-rights Senator Dick Durbin, a long-serving lay member of the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) board of…
In an effort to understand Hieronymus Bosch, I have been reading about the “movers and shakers” who first conceived of our modern world. Bosch presents the fantasies of these heretics, I think, without being entirely a heretic himself. It is…
A Loyola University Chicago law professor and long-time board member of the Catholic Conference of Illinois (CCI) is being involuntarily removed from his position. The removal is due to his public criticism of Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan last…
Last week, the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released a disappointing synodal study group’s final report on “The Participation of Women in the Life and Leadership of the Church” that focused almost entirely on the 20th century.…
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