Nazi and Nazarene
FROM: RONALD KNOX, “NAZI AND NAZARENE”
MacMillan War Pamphlets No. 5
London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1940
We have to remember, besides, that the wedge method always...
The Vicar of Christ
FROM: THOMAS WILLIAM M. MARSHALL, “The Vicar of Christ”
Protestant Journalism, No. XLVIII
London: Burns and Oates, 1874
And when they cannot entice men openly to rebel against...
Quarterly Review for January 1873
FROM: ORESTES BROWNSON, “QUARTERLY REVIEW FOR JANUARY 1873”
The Works of Orestes A. Brownson, Vol. XX
Collected and arranged by Henry F. Brownson
Detroit: H. F. Brownson,...
The future of the Church
I speak a great deal at Catholic and pro-life venues in Canada, the United States, and Britain. It’s perhaps the aspect of my professional...
The hub of Christianity
We really have to take back our history. In other words, Catholics have to know about their collective past and be prepared to explain...
Nine challenges for the next papacy
As I write this column, Pope Benedict is about to conclude his pontificate, the conclave is about to begin, and critics of the Church...
No compromise on love or truth
Newman Centre’s St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Toronto has had its share of controversy. When I first attended Mass there in the late 1980s...
Why we need the Church
I read the story beneath the title with trepidation but, truth be told, with more than a little resignation. A Montreal deacon had been...
It’s Church teaching that matters
A first column for a new year for a Roman Catholic magazine. Let’s ask a few basic questions about what it means to be...
Words can hurt, but abortions do kill
If you know anything about Ann Coulter you will know that she adores controversy and likes nothing more than to annoy her critics—and that’s...