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Holy Sepulchre

Not Just "Some Good News"

The Gospel isn't just a way of seeing the silver linings in life: it is a fundamental reorientation of how we engage reality.

Apr 14, 2022
Columns

Institutional Formation

Far from being platforms from which we can be seen, institutions exist to form us; the Vatican's palms, the suffocation of self-definition; and reasons to approach the sacrament of confession based on human nature and psychology.

Apr 7, 2022
A flower amongst cacti

Fidelity amidst Persecution

Priestly vocations abound in Nigeria despite decades of persecution; reflections on secularity, moral relativism, and the uncontrollability of our lives.

Mar 31, 2022
An open book

Free the Speech

Free speech; efficiency and the lost art of intentionality; the elderly as witnesses of the Gospel; and Catholic disputes over masculinity and femininity.

Mar 24, 2022
A talk show microphone

A Matter of Trust

Media and governmental errors, along with Church scandals, have rendered many who would be inclined to trust skeptical.

Mar 17, 2022
A map of Europe over Russia and Ukraine

Ancient Realities, Modern War

Ancient narratives and historical realities are guiding Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine; "solo polyamory"; trust in God.

Mar 10, 2022
A fork in a winter forest road

The Daily Existential Crossroads

Christians stand daily at the existential crossroads, recognizing that the choice between life and good, death and evil lies not just in the world around us but within our own hearts.

Mar 3, 2022
Kyiv at Night

War and Penitence

St. James responds to the invasion of Ukraine; an Ash Wednesday dedicated to peace; a model of Christian joy in Nagasaki; the feast of a chair.

Feb 24, 2022
Mannequins in a window

Banality, Sex, and Workaholism

Is it possible that a world of sexual license is not only unfulfilling but even boring? Why do so many of us choose success and a sense of being special over fulfillment?

Feb 17, 2022
A robot hand

Technoanthropology

Despite rapid increases in technology, very little has been said in theologian and philosophy about the relationship between humanity and technology.

Feb 10, 2022