Three Tantalizing Enigmas in Dante’s Heaven of the Sun
Robert Imbelli on Solomon, the circle of theologians, and the celebration of the risen body in Dante.
Even Doctors of the Church Make Theological Mistakes Now and Again
Cory Hayes on St. Robert Bellarmine's arguments in the Galileo Affair.
Identity Dysphoria and the Sacraments of Initiation
Francesca Murphy on what's in a name.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Quarantined
John Cavadini on the need for a renewed, refreshed, and rearticulated dogmatic.
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The Incomplete Picture of Ex Corde Ecclesiae
Mark Clark on medieval universities and the future of Catholic education.
Canon Law and the Fight Against Child Marriage
Laura Bramon Hassan on traditional societies and the modern sexualization of minors.
What Are Kingdoms but Great Bands of Robbers?
Terence Sweeney on empires and theft in Augustine and Bartolomé de Las Casas.
Time and Meaning
Frank Pasquale on the speed of a life worth living.
The Christian's Mission to Birth Christ
Jean-Paul Juge on the theological implications of the Book of Revelation.
By Man Shall His Blood Not Be Shed?
Roberto De La Noval on the Bible and changes in the Catechism regarding the death penalty.
One-Liners on Race From the Pope and Other Catholic Officials Won't Do Anymore
Fr. Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. on the need for local and world-wide synods on race.
Percy and Pence and the American Sense of Scripture
Jessica Hooten Wilson on Christian nationalism's slips of the tongue.
Augustine and the Trials of Fallen Friendship
Randall Smith on Augustine's realistic theology of friendship.
Gregory the Great's Transvaluation of Life and Death
Carole Straw on Gregory the Great pondering the importance of the Second Death.
Whiteness as an Ecclesiological Heresy
Joseph Flipper on racism and the loss of catholicity.
Dante and the Liturgical Formation of Desire
Randall Rosenberg, professor of theology at Saint Louis University, unveils the deep liturgical roots of Dante's poetic re-integration of desire and love.
The Orderliness of the Cosmos Is Far Deeper Than the Ancients Ever Suspected
Stephen Barr on the surprisingly high degree of order in the laws of nature.
97 Theses on Hegel and His Catholic Readers
Cyril O'Regan on Hegel's 250th birthday and spiders.
Saint Augustine's Secularization of Rome
R.A. Markus on the roots of the secular in Augustine's thought.
Is the Bible Racist?
Yves Congar, OP on the lack of any arguments for racism in the Bible.
Yves Congar and the Future of the Church in Its Past
Charles Taylor on the contributions of Yves Congar OP to Vatican II.
Further Reflections on Capital Punishment (and on Edward Feser)
David Bentley Hart, ND Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, expands his objections to Edward Feser's theological defense of capital punishment.
Truth and Courage
Catherine Pickstock on aspects of the truth.
Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Beauty of Forgetting
Cyril O'Regan on productive forgetfulness within the Tradition.
Who Is the Priest We Want?
John Cavadini on the priestly vocation of being set apart for one's parish.
The Bible Isn't Primarily a History Book
Joseph Gordon on what reading the Bible really aims for.
Revivifying Catholic Education in the Era of School Choice
Domanico and Kenney on the state of Catholic schools during the pandemic.
Like Setting One's Bible on Fire
Stephen Metzger on Bruno Latour's double critique of globalism and localism.
A Requiem for Attention?
Mike St. Thomas on losing the war against digital distraction with psychedelics.
Must Catholics Insist Upon Mary's Assumption?
Matthew Levering on the centrality of Mary's Assumption for all Christians.
Maximus the Confessor's Summation of Early Patristic Thought
Jean-Paul Juge on the Feast of St. Maximus Confessor.
Benedictine Silence in the Pandemic Classroom
Catherine Petrany on hospitality, the psalms, and Catholic education.
St. Junípero Serra Between Conversion and Colonialism
Robert Senkewicz on understanding Junípero Serra within his historical context.
Problems of Conceiving Human Origins
Kenneth Kemp on Adam and Eve and evolution.
The European Alt-Right's Crusade Against Pope Francis
José Pedro Zúquete on the clash of civilizations in Identitarian thought.
Only Reconciliation Can Cancel Transgressions
Leonard DeLorenzo on forgiving the unimaginable and unimaginable forgiveness.
Aristotle's Irredeemable Ableism
Christopher Frey on Aristotle's immoral arguments for natural slavery.
The Mark of a Sacramentalist
Scott Beauchamp on Homer, time, and the Welsh poet David Jones.
The Cross-Examination of Christianity
Rida Vaquas on Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, the working poor, and the Cross.
