How We Were Ordained The current text which all the bishops present say over the new colleague upon whom they …
A Tribute to David Tracy
In October 1994, I arrived for the first time at Hyde Park as an invitee of my friend Daniel Garber …
Pluralism and the Varieties of Christian Education
What is a Christian education? One reply to this question would say that a Christian education refers to the education …
Leo XIII Beyond Rerum Novarum
Anuncio vobis Gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Robertum Franciscum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Prevost qui sibi …
Salvation and Disaster: Catholic Meta-History and the Signs of the Times
Human history, unlike a protein, an amoeba, or a virus, cannot be put under a microscope; it is not the …
Hail Mary: An Easter Annunciation
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Dr. Reena George. Hail Mary: An Easter Annunciation The first …
The Human Drama at the Heart of Józef Tischner’s Philosophy of Drama
Responsibility for one’s neighbor becomes responsibility for everything—even the world where one’s neighbor exists. It coincides with the responsibility of …
The Hauntings of Joachim de Fiore
There was a time when oddballs kept their place and their ideas and the commentaries on their ideas were sequestered …
Defending Martha
“Let’s not be too hasty to set up Martha as the bad sister, nor judge her service as the problem.” …
Herman the Cripple
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Margaret Coats. Herman the Cripple A body helpless in deformityWas …