GREAT PLACES: The Shrine at Fifty
The late Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston may or may not have described the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as “our luxury gift
The Bethlehem Difference
The New Testament reading that began this Advent season, from Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians, was filled with the tension between the “now” and the “not yet” of the
Books for Christmas
They're not all new, the books that follow, but they're all well worth reading, and giving. David Bentley Hart, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and its Fashionable Enemies (Yale University
What Apollo 11 Still Means
Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, a low decade reached a glorious apogee when Neil Armstrong steered Eagle over a lunar rock field and, with seventeen seconds of fuel
Exiles on the Way Home
He was an amazingly prolific writer, but the late Father Richard John Neuhaus was also finicky about writing. He would personally review the galleys of each issue of First Things,
Food, Sex and Us
George F. Will calls Mary Eberstadt “intimidatingly intelligent.” George must be easily intimidated these days, because Mary is one of the nicest (and funniest) people I know. She’s also our
Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Hope — and Lent
It was Mardi Gras night,1995, and I found myself sipping bourbon at 40,000 feet over the Atlantic, en route to Rome where I'd been asked to address an international symposium
"Afflicted" with fertility?
What’s the biggest threat to the world’s prosperity and stability over the medium haul—say, between 2020 and 2050? The proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction? A
Defending Human Dignity
Before tackling Dignitas Personae [The Dignity of a Person], the recent instruction from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on contemporary bioethical questions, I’d suggest re-reading the first
Adult Interreligious Dialogue
Father Christian Troll, a German Jesuit, is one of the Catholic Church’s leading students of Islam and a key figure in the Catholic-Islamic dialogue launched by Pope Benedict XVI’s September
The Christian Story and the World’s Story
I can’t remember precisely when I fell in love with history, but it was surely in the first innings of my reading life. Granted, this was easier in the days when
And the Summer Reading List Is…
I’ve yet to see anyone reading with a “Kindle” or an I-Pod at the beach, so there may be hope for civilization yet. Summer is meant for real reading. Happily,
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