The idea that blessings may be given without requiring anything from those upon whom the blessings are bestowed is the epitome of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer characterized as “cheap grace.”
Christianity did not entirely disavow the ancient idea of memory, but instead baptized it, most perfectly in the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary.
Rather like a flame that burns brightest before it is extinguished, there has been a flurry of papal pronouncements, paving the way for what may be a course entrenched, if not irreversible, for his successor to face.
During the reign of the Danish king Canute, a devout Christian, the Faith in England flourished.
A former Episcopalian priest reflects on the Vatican’s allowance of pastoral blessings for same-sex couples.
A new theology of sexual disorientation supersedes that of the natural order of things as the Christ child revealed.
Dostoevsky represents one powerful reply to many of the cataclysmic changes that have swept modern Western civilization since the eighteenth century.
The only way to make Fiducia Supplicans orthodoxish is to pretend that two words that mean the same thing when used in the same context do not mean the same thing when used in the same context.
Did a Jesuit priest really recreate the Feeding of the Five Thousand in a Mexican rubbish dump on Christmas Day 1972? Or are such “Miracles of Abundance” better understood as providing the faithful with food for thought in purely symbolic terms?
If you knew that the person was going to misunderstand your blessing, would it be right to let him or her be in vincible ignorance?
The thought that Christ wanted me at a time when I was so displeased with myself was sobering, relieving, and enough to inspire a few silent tears
The fact that Catholics are questioning attending Mass two days in a row is a sign of how far we’ve fallen.
Treating “gender distress” as something caused by a societal injustice is an attempt to normalize a condition and behaviors that have been considered unhealthy for millennia.
The Vatican’s approval of blessings for same-sex couples and couples in “irregular situations” reflects a divorce between morality & pastoral practice, liturgy & life, and orthodoxy & orthopraxy.
A look at the controversial and complex relationship between C.S. Lewis and Roy Campbell.
The Latin Mass is an adventure. That’s not what makes it sacred, but it does make it compelling. It’s a secret language waiting to be unlocked.
The mutability of human nature broadly, and of gender in particular, is the Trojan Horse by which paganism has achieved its modern renaissance.
Notre Dame has a less-than-stellar reputation among faithful American Catholics, which calls into question whether aspiring Catholic lawyers should apply there.
If the Office of Unity, symbolized by a sitting bishop, is necessary to the maintenance of faith, then holiness of life is the reason for it.
Opponents of Donald Trump are using increasingly dangerous rhetoric in their campaign to keep the former President out of the oval office.