Catholic history is full of famous excommunications involving court intrigue and geopolitical conflicts. Henry VIII of England was excommunicated twice: first...
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Citizenship Without Illusions By David T. Koyzis (InterVarsity Press, 2025) How should one engage with the polis as a Christian? In his newest book...
When Jesus and his followers encountered a man blind from birth, the disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”...
Some of us were raised in environments where it was fine to ask questions. Perhaps our parents, teachers, and pastors were happy to entertain our curiosity...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kirby Hoberg noticed that her pastor began to give, in her words, “a lot of strange homilies.” These included “homilies that...
On May 7, 2025, the mendicant friar Father Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, son of Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Agnes Martinez, became Pope Leo XIV. As...
Readings (Year C): Acts 1:1 – 11Psalm 47:2 – 3, 6 – 7, 8 – 9Ephesians 1:17 – 23Luke 24:46 – 53 Reflection: The intrinsic...
Presence Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Neon, 2024) Who loves a good horror movie? Well, if you do, you are out of luck. This is not a horror movie. OK, who...
St. Augustine of Hippo, the fourth century theologian, philosopher, and doctor of the church, shaped Christian theology in myriad ways. Multiple Christian...
There’s nothing quite like holding down a screaming toddler while a nurse jabs their little leg with a vaccination needle. It can feel like an act of betrayal:...
