CNA Columns
A synod of saints, a year for saints
I write to you again this week from Rome, where the Synod of Bishops for the new evangelization has become... Read more
Christopher Kaczor's 'The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church'
A myth, like a gun, can be deadly. But myths are unloaded guns. Exposing the empty barrel removes the threat to... Read more
Resisting an aggressive secularism
It was with barely concealed delight that “Chicago Sun-Times” columnist Neil Steinberg conveyed the findings of the recent Pew Forum... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic culture: Avery Dulles, the comma, and the ways we worship
At the time of his death in 2008, Avery Cardinal Dulles was considered the first among American theologians. The search... Read more
‘The only thing that matters is to be a saint’
A friend of mine quipped recently that the real religion of Americans has nothing to do with churches or synagogues.... Read more
Politics and moral complexity: God’s law comes first
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:"God doesn't hate Democrats!" These were the words that greeted me from an irate... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic Culture: All Hallows’ Eve and the Doughnut
May and October are like sisters. Mother Nature bids them don their seasonal colors, the one in spring green and fine... Read more
Sex, Love, and God: The Catholic Answer to Puritanism and Nietzcheanism
Many of the Catholic Church’s teachings are vilified in both the high and popular cultures, but none more than its... Read more
Why can't Islam apologize?
By now, everyone is familiar with how upset many Muslims were by the 14-minute amateur video, released on YouTube, called... Read more
The Year of Faith and how we’re called to live it
In leading us into the Year of Faith, which began October 11, Pope Benedict calls on each of us as... Read more
Rebuilding the Catholic Culture: Spirit in the world
In 1535, Henry VIII had Sir Thomas More beheaded for refusing to take the mandatory Oath of Supremacy blessing Henry’s... Read more
Planned Parenthood: 96 years of sex and death
Planned Parenthood Federation of America dates its beginning to Oct. 16, 1916, when Margaret Sanger opened the nation’s first birth... Read more
The election: a Catholic perspective
Georgie Anne Geyer is an American journalist and columnist. She has interviewed such figures as Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat and... Read more
'Shining Night:' a portrait of composer Morten Lauridsen
One of the privileges of writing this column is that I occasionally get to meet the composers of the music... Read more
A Question for Catholics: What is faith and has it become obsolete?
In my first column we reflected on the many ways we reduce faith – essentially to good deeds, orthodoxy, morality,... Read more
Evaluating issues, candidates? There’s help
Election season rhetoric has taken a turn for the worse.Politicians’ pledges to engage in civil dialogue have devolved into acrimony... Read more
Rebuilding Catholic Culture: God-Spell
Popular songs of yesteryear often contain lyrics that lift the spirit. Take for example, “You Gotta AC-CEN-tuate the Positive” and... Read more
The real 'War on Women' is called the Pill
How many more articles have to circulate condemning the side effects of the birth control pill before feminists, reproductive health... Read more
'There is something that comes before': what faith and the Year of Faith are not
As the recently called “Year of Faith” approaches, there seem to be several different interpretations within the Church of what... Read more
Cherished saint brought Christ to world around him
Before I leave for Rome tomorrow, and the all-month meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, I... Read more
