Where Does the Healing Power of Music Originate?
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, listens to how music, like Lent, depends upon upon attention and sacrifice to heal wounds.
Articles
MacIntyre's Philosophy of Mercy's Clandestine Work in a Secular World
Caleb Bernacchio uncovers the workings of Divine Mercy in the works of an ND philosopher.
Gravity and Grace and Lady Bird
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, gives full attention to Lady Bird's balanced portrayal of Catholic schools.
Lead Us Not into Temptation
Timothy O'Malley on the great temptations of power for those in the Church and the medicines of Lent.
The Exodus and Apocalypse All in One
Elias Crim, founder of Solidarity Hall and Host of Dorothy's Place, looks at the world of 258 million refugees through the lens of Middle-Eastern Christians.
The Human Condition Is Not Pain Only
Artur Rosman, Managing Editor of Church Life Journal, touches upon the healing possibilities of the most fundamental of the fives senses.
The 2018 Best Picture Nominees and the Script of Transcendence
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the ND Center for Liturgy & composer of liturgical music, reviews the Oscar nominees & sees traces of transcendence.
Three Theological Reflections on Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, director of Notre Dame Vision, looks at Patrick Deneen's Why Liberalism Failed through the lens of the Genesis creation story.
The Pornification of Desire
Anthony Smyth, ND Junior majoring in science, business, and theology, gives his Story of Grace, a process of reeducating desire toward its proper object.
Recent Reports on Sino-Vatican Negotiations Raise Many Complicated Questions
John Lindblom, ND World Church PhD candidate,disentangles the issues behind the scenes of the ongoing standoff between the Chinese church and the Vatican.
Petrine Primacy: Who Can Speak on Behalf of the Orthodox Church?
John Panteleimon Manoussakis probes the chief problem for the Orthodox in their dialogue with Rome.
The Fear of Catholic Contamination at the Heart of American Individualism
Farrell O'Gorman, Professor of English at Belmont Abbey College, demonstrates how literary classics shape American identity by using Catholicism as a foil.
Christians Dare Not Shirk the Work of Ecumenism
Christopher Wells, Executive Director of the Living Church Foundation, explains why ecumenical dialogue is not an optional extra that can be ignored.The Myth of Original Christianity and the Holy Sepulcher's Immovable Ladder
Renée Roden observes the strange interactions of East & West playing out in the cramped Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Bestowing Charity Hastily
Colleen Halpin, ND McGrath Institute Church Life Intern, flows into the depths of Mother Teresa and Thérèse of Lisieux's Marian rhythms.This Is What You Get When Politics Invades Our Ecclesial Lives
Robert Christian, Editor of Millennial Journal and PhD candidate in politics at CUA, identifies how and why political sectarianism misses the common good.
Can Catholicism Still Draw from Ecumenism's Wells?
Kimberly Belcher, Notre Dame Assistant Professor of Theology, suggests how ecumenism can make Catholics both more Catholic and catholic.
Why People Debating Abortion Can't Agree
David Walsh, CUA Professor of Politics, discusses the mystery of the person and the unintended impersonal consequences of the personalist revolution.
The Language of Autonomy, Especially in the Abortion Context, Robs Autonomy of Its Most Serious Connotations
David Walsh, CUA Professor of Politics, explains why autonomy without responsibility is incoherent, especially when it comes to abortion.African Catholicism: The Birth of the Liturgical Vernacular in Igboland
Sr. Mary Reginald Anibueze, DDL, Notre Dame Ph.D. in Theology, narrates the long and fascinating enculturation process of the Igboland people.