August 2026

Catholic postliberals keen to dismiss dignity as an empty category should consult the Church's Magisterium—and listen to the cries of the vulnerable.

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As a New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat's commentary on the Church was defined by a central antagonist: Pope Francis.

Ben Rhodes's new book makes an earnest case for the political power of words. But the degradation of our public life can’t be reversed by rhetoric alone.

Church teaching on suicide tells us what we must not do. But it doesn’t give us anything helpful to say to those facing intolerable suffering.

Even in the face of ubiquitous digital “optimization,” Gen Z does not lack work ethic. The state of contemporary work itself just looks bleak.

The aspiration to defeat Islamic extremism is not absurd—America's strategy to do so is.

On Tuesday, the White Sox gave every fan who entered the park an “official” Sox papal mitre. The promotion was a smash success, of course.

Éric Rohmer's only novel throws into relief the psychological acuity of the New Wave director's best films. It's still far from a great work.

The allegations against Fr. Michael Pfleger have once again put the Catholic Church’s procedures around sexual abuse of minors in the spotlight.